Mean Town Blues chords by Johnny Winter

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro 1:

G Gm G

Verse 1:
       G                           F   G
Now my mother she done told me and my, ha,
Gm     G
father done told me
            Gm      F   Em G
Grandfather told me too

Interlude 1:

F G Em G F Em G

Verse 2:
      G                  Gm
Yeah, my mother she done told me and
F  Gm       G    Gm  G Gm
my   father done told  me
G                Gm    F   Em
Grandfather told me too

G F G Em G F Em

Verse 3:

G
 It's a mean old town to
     F          Gm
live in by yourself

G F G Gm G

Verse 4:
                       Gm
Yeah,I worked for a dollar
G     F    G
Could not, ha, save a lousy,
Gm               F
could not save a dime

Interlude 2:

Em G F Em G F Em G

Verse 5:
          G
You know I  worked for a dollar
               Gm
Could not, ha, save a lousy,
G              Gm   G   F
  man couldn't save   a dime

Interlude 3:

Em G F Em G F Em G

Verse 6:
       G            Gm                G     F     Gm G Gm G Gm G
People ain't nobody worried and there ain't nobody

Gm G Gm G Gm
Cm G C G Gm G Cm Gm G Gm
G Gm G
Gm
G Gm G
C G Gm G Gm G
Gm C Cm C G
Em G C G
Gm G

Interlude 4:

crying:

G C G Gm G
Bb G Gm Bb G Gm G Gm G Gm
G

Verse 7:
G
Everybody's got their hands out trying to,
Gm         G
get a hold on
                         F   G Em G
Trying to get some of my cash

Interlude 5:
F G Em G F G Em G
     F
Everybody's

Verse 8:
G
 got their hand out trying to a,
get a hold on
                         F
Trying to get some of my cash
Em G F G F G Em

Verse 9:
G
  Smiling great big smiles, man,
                C
you keep on talking trash

Interlude 6:

Gm G

Verse 10:
     G
So I packed up my suitcase and I, ha, moved on down the
                       Em
Hit that lonesome road

Interlude 7:

G F G Em G

Verse 11:
    G
You know I packed up my suitcase and I,
hit that lonesome
           Gm  G  F
I moved on down   the
G   Em
road

Interlude 8:

G Em G

Verse 12:
       G
I been still trying to make it
         C
when the day goes down