Sierra Girl Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays585

Sierra Girl by Poor Mans Whiskey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, F#m, A6, D, A and C#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E                                    F#m          A6 
I was born outside of Salt Lake City 
D                       A 
In the year of ‘17 
A                     E                A 
Just another blue eyed son 
D                                       E 
In the morning there to dream (?) 

E                                  A6               D 
My old man drank moonshine whiskey 
E                 A                    D 
My Mama went out to pray 
E                 A                        D 
God bless all my brothers and sisters 
D                   E 
I have to go away 

D                             A 
Heading out in the morning 
D                              A            E 
Headin out in the pouring rain 
A             C#7                          A6         D 
And the train rolls by… the Truckee river 
A                             E         A 
I’m lookin for my Sierra girl 

E                         A         D 
I set out to Wells Nevada 
D                      A                   E 
To my grandpa’s cattle ranch 
E                         A        D 
Spent my days riding fences 
D                               E 
Gave the cowboys half a chance 

E                                  A           D 
I shipped out in the second war 
D                      A        E 
Fighting in gua da canal 
E                                        A              D 
Lord knows I had some real hard times 
D                                     E 
Got to talk about it anyhow 

D                             A 
Heading out in the morning 
D                              A            E 
Headin out in the pouring rain 
A             C#7                          A6         D 
And the train rolls by.. the Truckee river 
A                             E         A 
I’m lookin for my Sierra girl 

Break 

E                                         F#m 
Spent some time out in Reno 
D                        A          E 
For to chase away my pain 
E                         F#m     A 
And I lost everything I owned  
D                                 E 
In a five card poker game 

E                                   A 
Heading to Cal  if  for  ni  A 
D                      A        E 
Lookin for to settle down 
E                     A         D 
Riding in the Sierra wind 
D                                  E 
Pulling in to Truckee town 

D                             A 
Heading out in the morning 
D                              A            E 
Headin out in the pouring rain 
A             C#7                          A6         D 
And the train rolls by.. the Truckee river 
A                             E         A 
I’m lookin for my Sierra girl 

D                             A 
Heading out in the morning 
D                              A            E 
Headin out in the pouring rain 
A             C#7                          A6         D 
And the train rolls by.. the Truckee river 
A                             E         A 
I’m lookin for my Sierra girl 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante