I Used To Be A Country Singer chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - I Used To Be A augmentedA Country Singer


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO:: A minorAm E minorEm FF G+G

VERSE 1::
   C majorC       FF
I was sitting in my hotel room
G+G          C majorC
Strumming my old guitar
  A minorAm           E minorEm
Not much to do when you're far away
FF         G+G
Playing some smoky bar

VERSE 2::
   C majorC        FF
I was feeling a little empty
  G+G        C majorC
And feeling a little blue
     A minorAm        E minorEm
When the maid came in and asked me
  FF        G+G  FF E minorEm D MajorD
If she could do my room


VERSE 3::
C majorC       FF
I put down my old guitar
  G+G       C majorC
And she gave me a smile
     A minorAm         E minorEm
She had a crusty voice and a drinker's look
    FF       G+G
But she had a friendly style


VERSE 4::
  C majorC         FF
She dusted my room and made my bed
    G+G          C majorC
And she talked of days gone by
  A minorAm        E minorEm
She spoke of when she wooed the men
 FF        C majorC
A augmentedA tear came to her eye

CHORUS::
       G+G            A minorAm    G+G
And she said, "I used to be a country singer
             E minorEm  A minorAm
I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___
  FF        E minorEm       DmDm
My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter
FF         G+G          C majorC
Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"


VERSE 5::
  C majorC        FF
She told me that her husband died
    G+G      C majorC
And her son was overseas
    A minorAm            E minorEm
I could tell by her eyes and her broken smile
    FF        G+G
She was lonely just like me


VERSE 6::
  C majorC        FF
She asked me if I'd listen to
 G+G          C majorC
A augmentedA tape of when she was young
       A minorAm        E minorEm
She said, "I can't sing now, I forget the words
    FF        C majorC
And my voice is almost gone"


CHORUS::
       G+G            A minorAm    G+G
And she said, "I used to be a country singer
             E minorEm  A minorAm
I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___
  FF        E minorEm       DmDm
My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter
FF         G+G          C majorC
Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"


VERSE 7::
             FF
Oh, I cried inside, but I couldn't tell
   G+G         C majorC
If it was for her or for me
   A minorAm          E minorEm
So I grabbed my axe and we sang a song
  FF       G+G
In two part harmony


VERSE 8::
   C majorC            FF
Ever since that day when I'm feeling down
   G+G         C majorC
And I can't find a happy tune
    A minorAm             E minorEm
I just think of that maid and the feeling she gave
     FF        C majorC
When she came to clean my room


CHORUS::
       G+G            A minorAm    G+G
And she said, "I used to be a country singer
             E minorEm  A minorAm
I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___
  FF        E minorEm       DmDm
My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter
FF         G+G          C majorC
Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"


CHORUS::
G+G            A minorAm    G+G
 "I used to be a country singer
             E minorEm  A minorAm
I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___
  FF        E minorEm       DmDm
My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter
FF         G+G          A minorAm G+G E minorEm
Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine______
FF         G+G          C majorC