Bakersfield Chords by Social Distortion
Tempo:
64.725 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
Fm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm] [Ab] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] Take [Eb]
[Ab] me [Eb] down that line Gonna [Ab] throw that [Eb] heavy load
[Ab] I can't [Eb] seem to make it, [Ab] make it on [Eb] my own
[Ab] Turn the lights [Eb] down low now Turn [Ab] [Eb] down all that
[Ab] I can't seem [Eb] to get you [Ab] out of [Eb] my head
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet [Ab] so far, [Eb] far [Ab] away
Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] You're a million miles [Ab] away
[Eb] [Ab] I feel the heat [Eb] coming down now [Ab] Sweat runs [Eb] down my face
I [Ab] can [Eb] hardly fake it girl Fake [Ab] it [Eb] through this day
Watch [Ab] something [Eb] that I said Watch [Ab] something I [Eb] didn't do
[Ab] Ain't need [Eb] more hours girl Till [Ab] I'm home [Eb] to lose
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet so [Ab] far, [Eb] far away
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] You're a million miles [Ab] away
[Eb] [Ab] So [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] I walked out that lonely truck stop [F] With my [Db] head hanging down
Wondering [Ab] how in the hell I got [Eb] myself into this mess
[Ab] [Eb] And more importantly, how I was gonna get myself out of it
So [Db] I wrote a song for you baby girl And [Ab] I hope when I return [Eb] home
The [Ab] locks ain't [Eb] change on the doors And there's still a spot for me
On [Db] that big old California [Ab]
king [Eb]-size bed
[Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet [Ab] so far, [Eb] far away
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers [Db] here You're a million [Ab] miles away
[Eb] Won't [Ab] you come see [Eb] me in fakers field
[Db]
I'm not a million miles [Ab]
away
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] Take [Eb]
[Ab] me [Eb] down that line Gonna [Ab] throw that [Eb] heavy load
[Ab] I can't [Eb] seem to make it, [Ab] make it on [Eb] my own
[Ab] Turn the lights [Eb] down low now Turn [Ab] [Eb] down all that
[Ab] I can't seem [Eb] to get you [Ab] out of [Eb] my head
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet [Ab] so far, [Eb] far [Ab] away
Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] You're a million miles [Ab] away
[Eb] [Ab] I feel the heat [Eb] coming down now [Ab] Sweat runs [Eb] down my face
I [Ab] can [Eb] hardly fake it girl Fake [Ab] it [Eb] through this day
Watch [Ab] something [Eb] that I said Watch [Ab] something I [Eb] didn't do
[Ab] Ain't need [Eb] more hours girl Till [Ab] I'm home [Eb] to lose
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet so [Ab] far, [Eb] far away
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] You're a million miles [Ab] away
[Eb] [Ab] So [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] I walked out that lonely truck stop [F] With my [Db] head hanging down
Wondering [Ab] how in the hell I got [Eb] myself into this mess
[Ab] [Eb] And more importantly, how I was gonna get myself out of it
So [Db] I wrote a song for you baby girl And [Ab] I hope when I return [Eb] home
The [Ab] locks ain't [Eb] change on the doors And there's still a spot for me
On [Db] that big old California [Ab]
king [Eb]-size bed
[Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet [Ab] so far, [Eb] far away
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers [Db] here You're a million [Ab] miles away
[Eb] Won't [Ab] you come see [Eb] me in fakers field
[Db]
I'm not a million miles [Ab]
away
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Db
Fm
Bb
Ab
Eb
Db
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ Take _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ me [Eb] down that line Gonna [Ab] _ throw that [Eb] heavy load
_ _ [Ab] _ I can't [Eb] seem to make it, _ _ [Ab] _ make it on [Eb] my own
_ _ [Ab] _ Turn the lights [Eb] down low now Turn [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] down all that
_ _ [Ab] _ I can't seem [Eb] to get you _ _ [Ab] _ _ out of [Eb] my head
_ _ [Ab] _ Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet [Ab] so far, [Eb] far [Ab] away
Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here _ [Db] _ You're a million miles [Ab] away
[Eb] _ [Ab] I feel the heat [Eb] coming down now _ [Ab] _ Sweat runs [Eb] down my face
I _ [Ab] _ _ can [Eb] hardly fake it girl Fake [Ab] _ _ it [Eb] through this day
Watch [Ab] _ _ something [Eb] that I said Watch [Ab] _ something I [Eb] didn't do
_ [Ab] _ _ Ain't need [Eb] more hours girl Till [Ab] _ _ I'm home [Eb] to lose
_ _ [Ab] _ Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet so [Ab] far, [Eb] far away
[Ab] _ Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here _ [Db] _ You're a million miles [Ab] away
[Eb] _ [Ab] So _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] I walked out that lonely truck stop [F] With my [Db] head hanging down
Wondering [Ab] how in the hell I got [Eb] myself into this mess
[Ab] _ [Eb] And more importantly, how I was gonna get myself out of it
So [Db] I wrote a song for you baby girl And [Ab] I hope when I return [Eb] home
The [Ab] locks ain't [Eb] change on the doors And there's still a spot for me
On [Db] that big old California [Ab]
king [Eb]-size bed
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet [Ab] so far, [Eb] far away
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers _ [Db] here You're a million [Ab] miles away
[Eb] Won't [Ab] _ you come see [Eb] me in fakers field
_ [Db] _ _
_ I'm not a million miles _ [Ab] _
away
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ Take _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ me [Eb] down that line Gonna [Ab] _ throw that [Eb] heavy load
_ _ [Ab] _ I can't [Eb] seem to make it, _ _ [Ab] _ make it on [Eb] my own
_ _ [Ab] _ Turn the lights [Eb] down low now Turn [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] down all that
_ _ [Ab] _ I can't seem [Eb] to get you _ _ [Ab] _ _ out of [Eb] my head
_ _ [Ab] _ Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet [Ab] so far, [Eb] far [Ab] away
Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here _ [Db] _ You're a million miles [Ab] away
[Eb] _ [Ab] I feel the heat [Eb] coming down now _ [Ab] _ Sweat runs [Eb] down my face
I _ [Ab] _ _ can [Eb] hardly fake it girl Fake [Ab] _ _ it [Eb] through this day
Watch [Ab] _ _ something [Eb] that I said Watch [Ab] _ something I [Eb] didn't do
_ [Ab] _ _ Ain't need [Eb] more hours girl Till [Ab] _ _ I'm home [Eb] to lose
_ _ [Ab] _ Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet so [Ab] far, [Eb] far away
[Ab] _ Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here _ [Db] _ You're a million miles [Ab] away
[Eb] _ [Ab] So _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] I walked out that lonely truck stop [F] With my [Db] head hanging down
Wondering [Ab] how in the hell I got [Eb] myself into this mess
[Ab] _ [Eb] And more importantly, how I was gonna get myself out of it
So [Db] I wrote a song for you baby girl And [Ab] I hope when I return [Eb] home
The [Ab] locks ain't [Eb] change on the doors And there's still a spot for me
On [Db] that big old California [Ab]
king [Eb]-size bed
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers here [Db] We're so close yet [Ab] so far, [Eb] far away
[Ab] Straight ahead [Eb] and fakers _ [Db] here You're a million [Ab] miles away
[Eb] Won't [Ab] _ you come see [Eb] me in fakers field
_ [Db] _ _
_ I'm not a million miles _ [Ab] _
away
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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