View Guitar Chords for Workin at the car wash blues - chords ver. 2
WORKIN’ AT THE CAR WASH BLUES As performed by Jim Croce Just listen to the track for rhythm and timing. You're gonna have to infer some of the passages like in the bridge. The G and D chords in the verse are actually played like a G-Gsus4 and D-Dsus4 rhythm style but throw your own styling in there. INTRO: || G / B7 / |Em / G / |C C/B A E F#| G / D / |Well I had just Ggot out of the county prison doing Dninety days for non-support Trying to find me an executive position But no matter how smooth IGtalked they wouldn't listen to the fact That I was genius the man said,"CWe got all that wCe BcaBbn usAe," now I gA7ot them Gsteadily depresB7sin', low doEmwn mind messiGn'CWorking at tC/Bhe car wAash EblF#ues.G Well, I shGould be sittin' in an air-conditionedDoffice in a swivel chair talkin' some trash to the secretaries, Sayin', "Here, now mam-ma, come on over here."GInstead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag And Cwalkin' home in soggy old sChoesB witBbh thAemGsteadily depresB7sin', low doEmwn mind messiGn' CWorkin' at C/Bthe car AwashE bF#luesG.You know a man of Cadd9my ability, He should be smokin' on a big cigar. GBut till I geCadd9t myself straight I guess I'll just have to waitA7 D7#9 (Hendrix Chord) in my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars. Well, all I can do is a-shake my head You might not believe that it's true, For workin' at this indoor Niagara Falls is an undiscovered Howard Hughes. So baby, don't expect to see me With no double martini in any high-brow society news, 'Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin', Workin' at the car wash blues. (Lead break over verse pattern) So, baby, don't expect to see me With no double martini in any high-brow society news, 'Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin', Workin' at the car wash blues.