7 Chords used in the song: C, A7, D7, G7, C7, F, G
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NOBODY KNOWS BUT ME - JIMMIE RODGERS (Uke version)C
A7
Nobody knows 'bout the jailhouse blues,D7
G7
C
Till you get within four walls,C
A7
And the old jailer man turns that big black key,D7
G7
That's when your spirit falls.
C
C7
Then you drag yourself up to the bars
F
A7
and while you gaze out at the starsG7
D7
G
this is what you say...
CHORUS:C
A7
Why did I stray from the righteous path,D7
G7
C
Nobody knows but me,C
A7
There on the outside you all can laugh,D7
G7
I don't need your sympathy.
C
C7
For after I've paid for the liquor I sold,
F
D7
I'll leave this place worth my weight in gold.C
A7
So why did I stray from the righteous path,D7
G7
C
D7
G7
C
Nobody knows but me. Nobody knows but me.
VERSE 2:
C
A7
When you realize that you're all alone,D7
G7
C
Sitting in a two by fourC
A7
that little cell is just a taste of hell,D7
G7
If you ain't been there before.
C
C7
You are locked up tight, but they treat you fair.
F
D7
You get ev'rything that you need in thereG7
D7
G
that's just why you say...
CHORUS:C
A7
Why did I stray from the righteous path,D7
G7
C
Nobody knows but me,C
A7
There on the outside you all can laugh,D7
G7
I don't need your sympathy.
C
C7
For after I've paid for the liquor I sold,
F
D7
I'll leave this place worth my weight in gold.C
A7
So why did I stray from the righteous path,D7
G7
C
D7
G7
C
Nobody knows but me. Nobody knows but me.
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