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Wichita Way by John Cowan


                                Wichita Way


Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:C
Capo:no capo

(spoken)
 
[Intro]
C
Anyway so one day I go out and I jump into my 1972 Teenage Ninja neutered mutant 
green
C
Chevrolet Vega and I drive strait to Las Angeles California Hollywood
C
Cause I just know I can be a popular star and well you know the next thing that 
happens
 
[Verse 1]
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Well I’m sitting on my suitcase under neath this here palm tree
C
wondering if where I am is where I want to be
   F
Is it too soon to question should I go or should I stay?
      C
Am I just another hayseed who is chanced to pass this way?
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Well I won’t give up that easy
                                     C
Cause that’s not the Wichita way no.
 
[Verse 2]
C
Well one thing I know for certain it’s not Kansas anymore
C
and I didn’t see no cornfield when I opened that door.
            F
When I said good morning neighbour
F
she just turned and walked away
     C
So I just stood there shouting honey have a real nice day
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somebody aught to tell her
                               C
that’s not the Wichita way. No
 
[Chorus]
Am
Way back home in Wichita
Am
All the people say
Am
You’d be right back home in Wichita
G#m       G                 Am
Once the bright lights fade
Am
Every night I dream of Wichita
Am
That’s the price I pay
 
Show the world I ain’t no quitter
G             F           C
that’s the Wichita way
C
Yes it is Aw You just tell them all about it Mr. Darrell Scott
 
[Solo]
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Am G Am
Am G F C
 
[Verse 3]
C
Wellllll I used to watch the weather but it don’t ever change
C
it’s all cinderblocks and concrete nobody prays for rain,
         F
It’s a real nice place to visit but you would not want to stay
         C
Everybody plans to disappear before the next earthquake
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And this crazy life they’re living Aww it’s not the Wichita way, no
 
[Chorus]
Am
Way back home in Wichita
Am
All the people say
Am
that you’d be right back home in Wichita
G#m       G                  Am
once the bright lights fade
Am
Every night I dream of Wichita
Am
That’s the price I pay
Am
To show the world I ain’t no quitter
G             F           C
That’s the Wichita way
 
[Outro]
G             F  C
The Wichita way,
G             F  C
the Wichita way
G             F  C
the Wichita waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy
 
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