Folk Singer Chords
Folk Singer by Glen Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, D#, F, Gm, C, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Bb D# Bb D#
verse 1
Bb
As I walk these narrow streets
D# F Bb F Bb
where a million passin' feet have trod before me
With my guitar in my hand
F D# Bb F Bb
suddenly I realize nobody knows me
D#
Where yesterday the multitudes screamed
Bb F Bb Gm
and cried my name out for a song
D#
Now the streets are empty
Bb F Bb
and the crowds they've all gone on home
verse 2
With the rain on my face
D# F Bb F Bb
there's no place where I belong
And my whole life consists
D# F Bb F Bb
of a story a poem and a song
D#
Now the truths I've tried to tell you
Bb F Bb Gm
are as distant as the moon
D#
Born a hundred years too late
Bb F Bb
two hundred years too soon
verse 3
C
I'm a child of the sage
F G C G C
Lost in the pages of a book
But when I'm dust and clay
F G C G C
will other people stop to take a look
F
And will they marvel at the miracles I performed
C G C
And to the heighths I aspired
Am F
Or will they tear the pages from the book
C G C
to light a fire
With the rain on my face
F G C F C G C
there's no place where I belong