What Am I Doin Hangin Round chords by Michael Martin Murphey

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Flyinglibra51
• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

What A minorAm I Doin` Hangin` `Round
Michael Martin Murphey

Intro D MajorD


Just a loud mouth Yankee
    A augmentedA      D MajorD
I went down to Mexico

I didn`t have much time to spend
A augmentedA        D MajorD
About a week or so


 G+G       C majorC
I lightly took advantage there
   G+G         C majorC
Of a girl who loved me so
 G+G    E minorEm   Am7Am7
I found myself a-thinkin`
     A minorAm    A7A7   D MajorD D7D7
When the time had come to go

G+G     E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7   BB
What am I doin` hangin` `round
               C majorC  D#D#
I should be on the train and gone
              E minor 7Em7   G+G   E minorEm  Am7Am7
I should be riding` on that train to San Antone
     D MajorD       G+G
What am I doin` hangin` `round

  D MajorD
She took me to the garden
   A7A7      D MajorD
Just for a little walk

I didn`t know much Spanish
     A augmentedA        D MajorD
And there was no time for talk


  G+G        C majorC
She told me that she loved me
     G+G        C majorC
Not with words but with a kiss
 G+G    E minorEm   C majorC
I found myself a thinkin`
  G+G    Am7Am7   A augmentedA     D MajorD
Of some ol` train I could not miss

G+G     E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7  BB
What am I doin` hangin` `round
               C6C6  D#Maj7D#maj7
I should be on that train and gone
              E minor 7Em7   G+G   E minorEm  Am7Am7
I should be riding` on that train to San Antone
     D MajorD       G+G
What am I doin` hangin` `round


D MajorD A7A7 D MajorD D7D7 G6G6 C6C6 G6G6 C6C6 Am7Am7 A7A7 D MajorD D7D7 G+G Am7Am7 BB

C majorC D#D# G+G E minor 7Em7 D MajorD G+G


   D MajorD
It`s been a year or so
   A augmentedA        D MajorD
And I wanna` go back again

And if I had the money
  A augmentedA       D MajorD     D7D7
I`d ride the same old train


   G+G         C majorC
But I guess your chances come but once
  G+G         C majorC
And I sure had missed mine
    G+G   E minorEm   A minorAm
Still I find myself a thinkin`
    Am7Am7    A7A7   D7D7
When I hear some whistle cry....in` yeah


G+G     E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7  BB
What am I doin` hangin` `round
               C majorC   D#D#
I should be on the train and gone
              G+G      E minorEm  C majorC
I should be ridin` on that train to Mexico
     D MajorD       G+G   G minorGm C majorC D#D# FF G+G
What am I doin` hangin` `round........

What Am I Doin Hangin Round chords

Michael Martin Murpheys cover of an old Monkees song. Michael Nesmiths rural Texas roots and future musical paths crossed with Michael Martin Murphey and Owen Castlemans brisk ballad `What Am I Doing Hangin Round?` The authors were the Monkees labelmates at Colgems under the Lewis & Clarke Expedition moniker, and Murphey and Nesmith had actually been acquaintances prior to the Monkees project.

There is a discernible Bakersfield flavor to the selection, as Doug Dillards exemplary banjo picking is coupled with Nesmiths twangy narrative and some effervescently rhythmic contributions from bassist Chip Douglas, together creating a feisty countrified rocker in the vein of latter-era Byrds and/or the Flying Burrito Brothers. This song provides one of the rare post-Headquarters occasions that all four Monkees played on the same studio cut.

In addition to solid background vocals from Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones, Peter Tork joins Nesmith on guitar. Murpheys version can be found on the Wildfire 1972-1984 compilation issued in 1998, while both the Side of the Road Gang and Clinton River included readings on their respective self-titled LPs. The curiously named Those Big Belt Buckles also covered `What Am I Doing Hangin Round?` on 1992s multi-artist Here No Evil: A Tribute to the Monkees.