Derby Day Chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

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[F] [C] This here is Derby Day, written on the day of the Kentucky Derby, when [Am] foolish pleasure
[C] lost.
[G] _ [Am] [B] And I was [F] trying [G] to make [C] a [Am] man's, _ [C] _ _ [D] [C] well, I was trying to finish a love song.
_ [G] _ [Am] [B] I think I [Dm] feel him.
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] Yes, Susan, you are a jewel, [C] about the rarest I've ever seen.
[Am] And I wish I could polish off all [F] the edges [G] of your crazy [C] dreams.
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Do you know the way I am?
[C] There's nothing you can do.
There's [Bm] anything [Am] you don't [G] want me to do.
[F] Say, go [G] ahead and tell [C] me to. _
_ [F] It must have [G] been one hell of a [C] starry night.
_ [F] Yeah, the moon [G] was so bright.
It [C] must have knocked out all [Am] your lights.
[F] It was bright as the light [G] that you felt [C] for the silvery line. _
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[Am] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
[C] Everything I do is back work.
[Am] You know that ain't no lie.
You love, I love, you love, I, you know, you [D] know, I [C] _ _ _
love.
I can't pay you back.
No, can't make it up in a song.
I guess [Em] I'm [Am] just [G] trying to tell [F] you that I missed [G] you while [C] you were gone.
Yeah, [F] it must have been [G] one hell of a [C] starry night.
_ [F] Yeah, the [G] moon was so bright.
It [C] must have knocked out all your [Am] lights.
[F] It was bright as the light that [G] you felt for the silvery [C] line.
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_ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ Yeah, well, you always picked a winner in every derby race.
[Em] I guess [Am] you just [C] picked on [F] me before [G] it ever really [C] changed place.
_ _ So go on, shake your head, let it loose.
Run until you pass the way.
And I'll be [Am] running [C] right in front [F] of you, [C] trying to raise the silverware.
_ Yeah, [F] it must have been [G] one hell of a [C] starry night.
_ [F] Yeah, the moon was [G] so bright.
It [C] must have knocked [Em] out all of [Am] our lights.
[F] It's that night [G] that we thought that silvery [C] line. _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] Susan, you are a jewel. _
Fairest I've ever seen.
[Am] I wish I could [C] polish off [F] all the edges [G] of my craziest _ dreams.
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