Watertown chords
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Capo II
Intro: G C G C
Verse I:
G C G C
Living would be easy without all this conversation
G C D
Everybody's always wondering what it's all about.
C G C G F#
How much did you get paid? How much did you get laid?
Em D
Tell me what's the cost of living anymore?
Verse II:
G C
Cause I remember when the summer heat would melt the
G C
pavement
G C D
Sitting on the corner of the porch, watching cars go by.
C G C G F#
Well before the bitter haze of my beer drinking days
Em D
That came way too soon and haven't left.
Chorus:
C D G F# Em
Looking down that old road, I know not what I see
C D
The bridge is high, the water is low
G F# Em
Just like you and me.
C D G F# Em
There's a song that I heard on the radio today
C D G C G C
That took me back, took me back, to Watertown.
Verse III:
G C G C
Dad was in the Army when we moved to the Watertown
G C D
He said we'd get to Texas when he figured how.
C G C G F#
Cause there's angels down there, there's people who care
Em D
Seagulls and humid air.
(c:Chorus)
Bridge:
C G C
I remember the day my Mama cried, when she heard that
G F#
Elvis had died
Em D
And her tears fell to the shaggy carpet of her room.
(c:Chorus)
Ending with G C G C G F# Em D (2X) end on G