Car Wash Blues Chords
by Jim Croce
Car Wash Blues by Jim Croce is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7, C, A7, B7, Em and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
Well, I just got out from the county prison,
D7
doin' ninety days for non-support.
Tried to find me an executive position,
G
But no matter how smooth I talked
they wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius,
C A7
The man say, 'We got all that we can use...'
A7 G B7 Em G7
Now I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin',
C D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues.
G D7
Well, I should be sittin' in an air conditioned office
in a swivel chair.
Talkin' some trash to the secretaries,
G
Sayin', 'Here, now mama, come on over here.'
Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag
C A7
and walkin' home in soggy old shoes...
A7 G B7 Em G7
Now I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues.
G C
You know a man of my ability,
G
he should be smokin' on a big cigar.
C
But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait
A7 D7
in my rubber suit rubbin' these cars.
G
Well, all I can do is a shake my head,
D7
you might not believe that it's true.
For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls
G
is an undiscovered Howard Hughes.
So baby, don't expect to see me,
C A7
with no double martini in any high-brow society news.
Refrão 2x:
A7 G B7 Em G7
Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin',
C D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues.