Derby Day - Jerry Jeff Walker

Derby Day chords

Transcribed by: Chris Parsons


                Derby Day 
           (As performed by Jerry Jeff Walker)


Intro: C F C F C C/B C/A G F G C


               C                           F                    C             
       F 
Well yeah Suzanne you are a Jewel. Bout the rarest I've ever seen.

      C     C/B     C/A           G       F                 G          C
And I wish I could polish off all the edges of my craziest dreams.

      C                           F                C                    F
But you know the way I am, There's nothin' you can do.

          C    C/B               C/A            G           F                 
  G              C
Cause anything you don't want me to do I said go ahead and tell me to.


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Chorus:
                 F                            G                    C
Yeah and it must have been one hell of a starry night. 

            F                    G                                   C        
       C/B         C/A         G
Yeah The moon was so bright guess it must have knocked out all of your lights.
 
F                                         G                        C
Guess thats the night that ya fell for the silvery light.


         C                            F                 C                     
  F
Yeah everything you do is backwards, you know it ain't a lie. 

C         C/B     C/A       G                 F                      G        
  C
You love I love You love I ya know ya know I love your beautiful eyes.

       C                    F                    C                     F
Well I can't pay you back, no. Can't make it up in a song.

    C         C/B       C/A       G              F                      G     
               C
I guess I'm here just tryin to tell ya that I missed you so while you were 
gone.


Chorus


        C                               F             C               F
Well you always picked the winner, in every Derby race.

   C     C/B       C/A            G        F             G                    
 C
I guess you just picked on me for a little bit of change a pace. 
           
     C        F                    C                              F           
 C
So go on shake your hair let it loose, Run till ya pass the wind.

C       C/B    C/A      G            F                 G                 C
I'll be runnin right in front of you just tryin to make yourself win.


Chorus


 C                         F                    C                    F
Suzanne you are a jewel, bout the rarest I've ever seen.

C     C/B      C/A         G       F                 G          C
I wish I could polish off all the edges of my craziest dreams.