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Washed Up Troubadour by Leo Rondeau
Washed Up Troubadour
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Key: D
[Verse 1]
C
Dreamed the big dream and I devised a scheme, headin' out for the city
Am
Where I’d write the hit and take the trip, and go down in honky tonk history
F C
Lo and behold I couldn’t write solid gold and I never made it out of the bars
C G F C G C
I never graced that opry stage or rode in their fancy cars
[Verse 2]
C
But I played for some good folks and I told some bad jokes, didn't always know the right thing to say
Am
And when no one would love me I had to love myself, and I wasn’t scared to go all the way
F C
With a touch of delusion to keep me moving, to keep me plugging away
C G F C G C
On some kind of mission with some lonely ending, and rarely any guaranteed pay
C G F C
C G C
[Verse 3]
C
I couldn’t do this tale justice if I didn’t dedicate a verse. To all of the honky tonk women
Am
On every level there’s that will have you, she’ll hug you and kiss you and then
F C
She’ll hang around until you drag her down with your blues that won’t ever pass
C G F C G C
And a good timing woman with a good timing man, ain’t no way the good times can last
[Bridge]
Am F C
Yeah I know I know what it has cost
F G
I’ve been doin it so long I’d be no good to a boss
Am F C
For any kind of company in any kind of industry
F C G
I can’t go back to punching any clock
C Am F G C
[Verse 4]
C
So don’t think me silly when we cross paths and you find that I’m still struggling
Am
I’ve got the same old blues and the tunes and the same old way of mumbling
F C
Believe me there are days in the mirror I say I can’t so this anymore
C G F C G C
But it’s all that I know so I keep playing the role of a washed up troubadour
F C
Believe me there are days in the mirror I say I can’t so this anymore
C G F C G Am
But it’s all that I know so I keep playing the role of a washed up troubadour
F C G C F C G
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