Manhattan Kansas chords by Donna Fargo

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
   C
e|-0-0-1-0-1-0--------------0-1-0-1-0------------------|
B|-1-----------1----------------------1----------------|
G|-0-------------0----------------------0--------------|
D|-2----------------3-2-3-2----------------3-2-3-2-----|
A|-3---------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|



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

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

🎸 Chorus:
       G
Yes, I lay beside him gentle
          F
'Cause he told me that he loved me
       Bb              F              G      G7
And he made me dance before the music played
       C
But at least I didn't beg him
    F
I'd rather wash my dishes
          C                G               C
'Cause it makes me feel as if my hands are clean

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

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

🎸 Chorus:
       G
Yes, I lay beside him gentle
          F
'Cause he told me that he loved me
       Bb              F              G      G7
And he made me dance before the music played
       C
But at least I didn't beg him
    F
I'd rather wash my dishes
          C                G               C     C
'Cause it makes me feel as if my hands are clean

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