By the Side of the road, dressed to kill Chords
By the Side of the road, dressed to kill by Jackie Greene is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Am, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro : G C G G C G C
G
You just can't trust them pretty girls
D
They're only here to wreck your world
Am G
And make sure you never get to sleep at night.
G
I don't know the reasons why
D
They all wanna hang you out to dry
Am G
Till'you ain't got strength enough left to fight
Am Em
Oh but I'm in trouble
C G Am Em
Like I know you're bound to get in trouble too And I know that it won't be long
F D
Before the man_you love is loving someone new
G D Am
I walked up to the river bridge and Stood myself up on the 1edge and Screamed out
G
To everyone:; let me be."
G
I got me a worried mind
D
Gonna find me a worried kind
Am G
Of girl, who?s lonesome just like me
Am Em C G Am
And I know I'm just one of your poor boys That you swore you'd never leave behind . And I
Em
Can see right through you
F D
And I know that you're not my kind
G D Am G
G D Am G
Am Em C G
Am Em F D
G
Now all my money's gone
D
To someplace that it don't belong
Am G
I'm singing the brok~n-down-poorboy blues
G
I ain't got nothing to my name
D Am G
But nothing is my favorite game to play Cause there's never anything to lose .
Am Em
And I know that I'm in trouble
C G Am Em
Like I know you're bound to get in trouble too And I know that it won't be long
F D
Before the man_you love is loving someone new .
G D Am G
G D Am (pause) G