I Used To Be A Country Singer chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - I Used To Be A Country Singer


CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO:: Am Em F G

VERSE 1::
   C       F
I was sitting in my hotel room
G          C
Strumming my old guitar
  Am           Em
Not much to do when you're far away
F         G
Playing some smoky bar

VERSE 2::
   C        F
I was feeling a little empty
  G        C
And feeling a little blue
     Am        Em
When the maid came in and asked me
  F        G  F Em D
If she could do my room


VERSE 3::
C       F
I put down my old guitar
  G       C
And she gave me a smile
     Am         Em
She had a crusty voice and a drinker's look
    F       G
But she had a friendly style


VERSE 4::
  C         F
She dusted my room and made my bed
    G          C
And she talked of days gone by
  Am        Em
She spoke of when she wooed the men
 F        C
A tear came to her eye


CHORUS::
       G            Am    G
And she said, "I used to be a country singer
             Em  Am
I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___
  F        Em       Dm
My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter
F         G          C
Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"


VERSE 5::
  C        F
She told me that her husband died
    G      C
And her son was overseas
    Am            Em
I could tell by her eyes and her broken smile
    F        G
She was lonely just like me


VERSE 6::
  C        F
She asked me if I'd listen to
 G          C
A tape of when she was young
       Am        Em
She said, "I can't sing now, I forget the words
    F        C
And my voice is almost gone"


CHORUS::
       G            Am    G
And she said, "I used to be a country singer
             Em  Am
I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___
  F        Em       Dm
My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter
F         G          C
Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"


VERSE 7::
             F
Oh, I cried inside, but I couldn't tell
   G         C
If it was for her or for me
   Am          Em
So I grabbed my axe and we sang a song
  F       G
In two part harmony


VERSE 8::
   C            F
Ever since that day when I'm feeling down
   G         C
And I can't find a happy tune
    Am             Em
I just think of that maid and the feeling she gave
     F        C
When she came to clean my room


CHORUS::
       G            Am    G
And she said, "I used to be a country singer
             Em  Am
I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___
  F        Em       Dm
My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter
F         G          C
Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"


CHORUS::
G            Am    G
 "I used to be a country singer
             Em  Am
I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___
  F        Em       Dm
My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter
F         G          Am G Em
Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine______
F         G          C