My Dwarf Is Getting Tired - Ry Cooder Chords
Chords: D, Em, A, B7, G
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Genre: blues, folk, rock
[Verse 1]
D Em A
A mobile home in Anaheim - it's double-wide, it's new, it's clean
D B7
A friendly town, I think it's time, it's what we need
G B7 Em
We had a long run together, a life you can't compare
A
The world is changing and it's getting strange out there
[Verse 2]
D Em A
Forty years of motel rooms, cigarettes, and magazines
D B7
From Spokane clear down to Bakersfield
G B7 Em
You might have seen us on the highway so many times before
Em A D
But my dwarf is getting tired, my fat man just won't travel anymore
[Verse 3]
D Em A
Well skinny-looking farmers brought their families down looking for a fat
time
D B7
We had to work all day just to make 'em spend one little thin dime
G B7 Em
Like hot dog contests, man you could eat 'em, might raise a buck or two
A
Boxing matches, you couldn't beat 'em, that midget kangaroo was a little too
D
fast for you
[Verse 4]
D Em A
We came down here to say good by to an old-time friend of mine
D B7
He died inside his rubber suit out on the street of dreams
G B7 Em
It was a hot July Sunday, he was working overtime
A
People like seeing Mickey walk by down in Anaheim
[Verse 5]
D Em A
Dwarves and fat men just might do the very best they can
D B7
But they can't compare with Tomorrow Land it seems
G B7 Em
We had some real Western times together, can't be like before
Em A D
'Cause my dwarf is getting tired, my fat man just won't travel anymore
G B7 Em A D
No, we won't be seen from Bakersfield clear up to Spokane anymore
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