Chords with lyrics
- Submitter: Flyinglibra51
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
San Francisco Mable Joy John Denver Intro D MajorD G+G D MajorD His Daddy was an honest man just a red dirt Georgia farmer A augmentedA His mother lived her short life havin` kids and bailing hay D MajorD G+G D MajorD He had fifteen years and he ached inside to wander A augmentedA D MajorD So He jumped a freight in Waycross wound up in L.A. G+G D MajorD Cold nights had no pity on a Waycross Georgia farm boy A augmentedA Most days he went hungry then the summer came D MajorD G+G D MajorD He met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco Mabel Joy A augmentedA D MajorD Destitutions child born of an L.A. street called shame G+G D MajorD Growin` up came easy in the arms of Mabel Joy A augmentedA Laughter found their mornings brought a meaning to his life G+G D MajorD Yes The night before she left sleep came and gave that Waycross country boy A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA dream of Georgia cotton and a California wife G+G D MajorD Sunday mornin` found him standing neath the red light at her door A augmentedA When A augmentedA right cross sent him reelin` put him face down on the floor G+G D MajorD In place of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine A augmentedA D MajorD Who growled your Georgia neck is red ah but sonny you`re still green G+G D MajorD He turned twenty one in a grey rock Federal Prison A augmentedA The old Judge had no mercy for a Waycross country boy D MajorD G+G D MajorD Staring at those four grey walls in silence Lord he just listened A augmentedA To the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy G+G D MajorD Sunday mornin` found him lying neath the red light at her door A augmentedA With a bullet in his side he cried have you seen Mabel Joy G+G D MajorD Stunned and shaken someone said why she don`t live here no more A augmentedA She left this house four years today they say she ? s looking for D MajorD Some Georgia farm boy
San Francisco Mable Joy chords
Released in 1981 on Johns Some Days Are Diamonds album, San Francisco Mable Joy.