Bakersfield chords by Vic Chesnutt

Intro:
Am        G
F         Am    E
Am        G
F         Am    E

Verse:

    Am            G           F      Am  E
Well, a-souvenirs on my dusty shelf

       Am                       G              F     Am  E
Well I get out the Tarn-X, and I polish them myself

    Am                        G                   F    Am  E
Yes posters are falling, but who needs them at my age

          Am                    G             F     Am  E
Well I’ve learned to smile when all I feel is rage

Bridge:

     Am                 G               E            F
So I think I will go to Bakersfield with Gabriel and Paul

           Am              G                    E               F      F
And I will hide behind the garbage can while the holy platitudes fall

Chorus:

    C                     G
And blow the gates, I am a-coming through

       Am               D
With my albatrosses and all

         Am                D
And it's strategy not protocol

         Am                D
Yes it's strategy not protocol

               F     F
That brings me here

Outro:
Am        G
F         Am    E
Am