Under The Bridge Chords
Under The Bridge by Merle Haggard is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bbm, E7, A7, Gm, D7 and Bb7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D
I lost my job in Saginaw
G
Working on the railroad
D
After twenty years
Bbm E7 A7
They just put me on the side
D
Now I'm hungry in the street
G Gm
With no place to hang my hat
D A7 D
And nothin' but an empty dream to ride
But,
CHORUS:
D
Under the bridge
D7 G
I can make believe I'm living in a castle
D Bb7 E7 A7
Under the bridge, my baby and me
D D7
And I can pretend that I'm a king
G Gm
And this is my kingdom
D A7 D
Under the bridge, making beleive
INSTRUMENTAL
D
Hey, the doors are always open
G
To any old weary traveller
D
And you'll find some great grub
Bbm E7 A7
Feedin' here below
D D7
Any old bridge can be a palace
G Gm
Call it what you wan't to
D A7 D
It's a place to be when you got no place to go
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