Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
One horse town - Elton John
Verse 1:
BB
Saw a Cadillac for the first time yesterday
B minorBm E MajorE
I'd always seen horses, buggies, bales of hay
A minorAm D MajorD
'Cause progress here don't move with modern times
F#F#
There's nothing to steal
FF E MajorE D MajorD C majorC
So there's not a great deal of crime - oh! oh!
Chorus 1:
C majorC
It sure is hell living in a one horse town
B minorBm E MajorE
There's half a mile of Alabama mud bed ground
A minorAm D MajorD
Nothing much doing of an afternoon
F#F# FF E MajorE D MajorD C majorC
Unless you're sitting in a rocking chair just picking a tune
Chorus 2:
AbAb DbmDbm
And they ain't too well acquainted with the stars and stripes
Bb majorBb DbDb
But if you want to hear Susanna then they'll pick all night
C majorC
They'll pick all night
Verse 2:
BB
'Cause it's no dice living in a one horse town
B minorBm E MajorE
Laid back, as my old coon hound
A minorAm D MajorD
And I just can't wait to get out of this one horse town
F#F# FF E MajorE D MajorD C majorC
There's nothing to steal 'cause there's simply nothing much around
Chorus 2:
AbAb DbmDbm
And they ain't too well acquainted with the stars and stripes
Bb majorBb DbDb
But if you want to hear Susanna then they'll pick all night
C majorC
They'll pick all night
Outro:
C majorC
It sure is hell living in a one horse town
B minorBm E MajorE
There's half a mile of Alabama mud bed ground
A minorAm D MajorD
Nothing much doing of an afternoon
F#F# FF E MajorE D MajorD C majorC
Unless you're sitting in a rocking chair just picking a tune