Manhattan Kansas chords by Donna Fargo

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:
  C majorC
e|-0-0-1-0-1-0--------------0-1-0-1-0------------------|
BB|-1-----------1----------------------1----------------|
G+G|-0-------------0----------------------0--------------|
D MajorD|-2----------------3-2-3-2----------------3-2-3-2-----|
A augmentedA|-3---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|


🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC
Manhattan, Kansas
     FF
Ain't no place to have a baby
     C majorC               G+G
When you got no man to give it his last name
    C majorC                  FF
And my folks back in Manhattan didn't want me or my bundle
   C majorC         G+G         C majorC   C majorC
So I took my child and caught an evening train

🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC
And I found a job in Denver
    FF
Washing dishes in a diner
  C majorC               G+G
At least it buys the baby milk to drink
    C majorC
He once told me I was pretty
    FF
But the only ring he got me is
  C majorC          G+G        C majorC
The ring of grease that runs around the sink

🎸 Chorus:
    G+G
Yes, I lay beside him gentle
     FF
'Cause he told me that he loved me
    Bb majorBb       FF       G+G   G7G7
And he made me dance before the music played
    C majorC
But at least I didn't beg him
  FF
I'd rather wash my dishes
     C majorC        G+G        C majorC
'Cause it makes me feel as if my hands are clean

(same as intro)
🎸 Solo:
| C majorC | C majorC | C majorC | C majorC |

🎸 Verse 3:
C majorC
Sometimes I stand here thinking
    FF
About a man back home in Kansas
  C majorC                G+G
And how the folks just turned away ashamed
   C majorC
Now I stare down through the soapsuds
     FF
And reach down and pull the drain plug
  C majorC       G+G       C majorC
And watch it as Manhattan floats away

🎸 Chorus:
    G+G
Yes, I lay beside him gentle
     FF
'Cause he told me that he loved me
    Bb majorBb       FF       G+G   G7G7
And he made me dance before the music played
    C majorC
But at least I didn't beg him
  FF
I'd rather wash my dishes
     C majorC        G+G        C majorC   C majorC
'Cause it makes me feel as if my hands are clean

🎸 Outro:
            G+G        C majorC   C majorC
Yes,it makes me feel as if my hands are clean