Chords with lyrics
Verse:
D MajorD C majorC
Maria lays in the tannin bed
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
And reads the tuesday news
B minorBm C majorC B minorBm
She's down there every week at the
C majorC D MajorD
Same time with the same ol' blues
D MajorD C majorC
She reads the funny papers
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
And then the classifieds
B minorBm C majorC B minorBm C majorC
And if she ain't too lseepy there's the
D MajorD
Weather report on the flip side
Bridge:
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
And this kansas life is a hard one
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
For a girl from Miami
B minorBm C majorC B minorBm C majorC
You're just staring out at the oil fields
C majorC D MajorD
And that's all that I can see......
Verse:
D MajorD C majorC
Her old man's in the same place
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
Since the company let him go.....
B minorBm C majorC B minorBm C majorC
Just sippin the pabst blue ribbon and
C majorC D MajorD
Cussin amoco......
D MajorD
Maria drives home
C majorC
From the tannin bed
B minorBm
And the black clouds
C majorC D MajorD
Roll across the sky....
B minorBm C majorC B minorBm C majorC
She pulls into the trailer park, pops the
C majorC D MajorD
Trunk and calls the kids outside.....
Chorus:
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
Said there's a twister comin
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
And you haven't got a clue....
B minorBm C majorC B minorBm C majorC
I ain't going to sit here in this double
D MajorD
Wide and wait around for you
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
Cause I'm taking the microwave oven
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
And I'm takin the color tv.....
B minorBm C majorC B minorBm C majorC
And I'm packin up the chevy
C majorC D MajorD
With the kids and what's left of me......
Outro:
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
This kansas life is a hard one
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
For a girl from miami
B minorBm C majorC B minorBm C majorC
Just staring out at the oil fields...