Worthless chords by Van Dyke Parks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E minor 7Em7

Verse 1:
E minorEm
I can't take this kind of pressure
G minorGm           D MajorD
I must confess one more dusty road
   C majorC         G+G
Would be just a road too long
E minor 7Em7
Worthless

Verse 2:
E minorEm
I just can't, I just can't
I just can't seem to get started
G minorGm           D MajorD
Don't have the heart to live in the fast lane
C majorC            G+G
All that has passed and gone

Chorus:
G+G  A augmentedA
Worthless
        C majorC    G+G
And there ain't nothing you can do about it!
G+G  A augmentedA
Worthless
Pardon me while I panic!
C majorC  G+G   G+G  FF   FF  D#D#
Worthless, worthless, worthless

Instrumental:
D#m7D#m7

Verse 3:
E minorEm
I come from KC Missouri
  G minorGm          D MajorD
And I got my kicks out on Route 66
   C majorC             G+G
Every truck stop from Butte to MO
E minorEm
Motown to old Alabama
   G minorGm      D MajorD
From Texarkana and east of Savannah
   C majorC        G+G  GbGb FF
From Tampa to old Kokomo
E minor 7Em7
Worthless

Verse 4:
E minorEm
I once ran the Indy 500
G minorGm          D MajorD
I must confess I'm impressed how I did
   C majorC            G+G    GbGb FF
And I wonder how close that I came
E minorEm
Now I get a sinking sensation
G minorGm          D MajorD             C majorC
I was the top of the line, out of sight; out of mind
            G+G
So much for fortune and fame

Instrumental:
Gm7Gm7

Verse 5:
G minorGm
Once took a Texan to a wedding
Once took a Texan to a wedding
A#mA#m           FF
He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting
  D#D#              A#A#
His thoughts turn to home and we turned

Verse 6:
G minorGm
I took a man to a graveyard
A#mA#m           FF
I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough
   D#D#              A#A#     A augmentedA AbAb
Just living with the stuff I have learned
G minorGm
Worthless

Instrumental:
Gm7Gm7

G minorGm GbGb FF

Verse 7:
E minorEm
Once drove a surfer to Sunset
G minorGm           D MajorD
There were bikinis and buns, there were weenies
  C majorC           G+G
Fellini just couldn't forget
E minorEm
Pico, let's go up to Zuma
G minorGm
Pico, let's go up to Zuma!
   A#mA#m       FF
From Zuma to Yuma the rumor was
    D#D#           A#A#   A augmentedA  AbAb
I had a hand in the lay of the land

G+G
Get up and go hit the highway

Instrumental:
G+G  A augmentedA
C majorC  G+G
G MajorG  A augmentedA
C majorC G+G G+G FF FF D#D#

Verse 8:
E minorEm
(Ooooh…)
I worked on a reservation
(Ooh...ooh...)
G minorGm              D MajorD
Who would believe they would love me and leave
   C majorC           G+G
On a bus back to old Santa Fe?
E minorEm
Once in an Indian Nation
G minorGm           D MajorD
I took the kids on the skids where the Hopi
  C majorC           G+G
Was happy 'til I heard 'em say…
    D MajorD  E minorEm
"You're worthless."

Outro:
E minorEm  G minorGm D MajorD C majorC G+G
G MajorG GbGb FF
E minorEm  G minorGm D MajorD C majorC G+G
G MajorG GbGb FF
E minorEm