Six String chords by Chris Martin
Guitar chords with lyrics
Key: C
Verse 1:
D
Well he's driving down the 61 in early July
C
Don't got no destination cuz the driving gets him high
G D C
He's gotta flask in his pocket and a bottle waiting for him in the sky
D
He don't believe in jesus christ he says that's for fools
C
He'd rather be out smoking dope and breaking some rules
G D C
He says you only live once so what the hell does he gotta loose
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D
Now he's half through Wisconsin and he's running outta whiskey
C
Gotta make a quick stop making sure that he gets tipsy
G D C
He's only 19 and burning a big hole in his wallet
D
He says I gotta make some money but he ain't gotta clue
C
On the street playing that old six string strumming out some 12 bar blues
G D C
His hats gettin full he thinks hey I should do this full time
Chorus:
C
Well his parents always said you'll have to change your ways
D
Just wait till you get older and you'll see it someday
D A
But he didn't hear a single thing he was saying
A
(Over that six string)
C
Cuz in one ear and right out of the other
G
They said when you get older you'll be living in a shelter
D A
But they didn't hear the way that he played
Hook:
C
That beat up six string
G
He loved that six string
D C D C
He called Lucy
Verse 2:
D
He settles down in Memphis when he hits Tennessee
C
He meets a pretty young thang says her name is Jolene
G D C
She looks good in that dress but he thinks it'll look better on the floor
D
Back to her house she says hey what's that
C
He says what do you mean she says that six string in the back
G D
He says well that's nothing but my pride and joy
C
(And job)
D
He's still in Tennessee three long months later
C
He's living in her house but he thinks that he hates her
G D
Cuz he's gettin tired of the same damn old thing
C
(Over and over)
D
He says sorry Jolene I think I gotta go
C
She said what do you mean I thought this was your home
G D
And he said no Jolene you just don't understand
Hook:
C
My homes my six string
G
I love my six string
D C D C
I call Jolene
Break:
D C G D C
Verse 3:
D
Now he's 23 he's heading down to Louisiana
C
He meets a new girl this time her names Roxana
G D
And she ain't making it easy for him and he likes to chase
C
(Her down)
D
2 years later and he thinks he really loves her
C
That chase must've been worth it cuz now he's met her mother
G D
And Roxana always asks him to play that song he said he wrote her
Hook:
C
On that beat up six string
G
He loves that six string
D C D C
He called Roxanne
Chorus:
C
Well his parents always said you'll have to change your ways
G
And now that he's older he's seeing that day
D A
Even though when he was younger didn't hear a thing they were saying
A
(Over that six string)
C
Cuz in one ear and right outta the other
G
Now he's gotta girl he doesn't want a life without her
D A
Now they're finally hearing the way that he plays
Hook:
C
That beat up six string
G
He loves that six string
D
It saved him from a grave
Outro:
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