Johnny Cash - Witchita Lineman(full) guitar chord
WITCHITA LINEMAN by Glen Campbell, Dwight Yoakum, and Johnny Cash.
Written by Jimmy Webb
Chord Formations:
Bb = x13331 C = x32010
Bb(add9) = x13311 F/A = x03211
Gm = 355333 Dm7 = xx0311
Am7 = x0212x G = 320003 or 320033
D = xx0232 A7sus = x05755
Gm7 = 353333 C9 = x02010
Dm = xx0231 Bbmaj7 = x13231
INTRO: Bb C Bb C
Bb(add9)
I am a lineman for the county,
F/A Gm
And I drive the main road,
Dm7 Am7 G D
Searchin' in the sun for another overload.
C
I hear you singing in the wires,
G Gm
I can hear you through the whine,
D A7sus Bb C Bb C
And the Witchita Lineman is still on the line.
Bb(add9)
I know I need a small vacation,
F/A Gm
But it don't look like rain,
Dm7 Am7
And if it snows that stretch down south
G D
Won't ever stand the strain.
C
And I need you more than want you,
G Gm
And I want you for all time.
A7sus Bb C Bb C
And the Witchita Lineman is still on the line.
SOLO: As soon as C is being hit the second time the solo starts.
e-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------22-022--22-22/4
D------2-0---0-2/4------------2-0----------22-------4-------
A-0-2-4---4/2------------0-2-4---4-2------------------------
E-----------------------------------0-----------------------
D---0-2
G----4-
then G is strummed and hit D let it ring:
(Note that the chords being played over the solo go as:
Bb Am7 Gm Dm C G D something like that)
C
And I need you more that want you
G Gm7
And I want you for all time
A7sus Bb C Bb C
And the Witchita Lineman is still on the line
Bb C Bb C Bb
pick all the strings slowly and strum for the outro on the last chord. I don't
play it exactly like this I change around some of the chords a bit to play it
in a different way. But the chords are somewhat familiar to the Dwight Yoakum
recording. I can't remember exactly how the original Glen Campbell version is
played but I think that it's the same. I have a tab for his version and the
chords are all different but I don't think that one is right.
