Heartland Feelings

Chords

Standard

C
Old Man Johnson got his head in his hand

Makin' his way across state in a fiddlin' band
         Am
With his hair all down in his eyes
        C
And the microphone all covered with flies.

When he gets done playin' goes back to his room

Climbs into bed in his cowboy boots
       Am
And he picks up a magazine turns on the TV
C
Lights a cigar as he's fallin' asleep.
    

          F      C            Am
Well he's only a person...who doesn't know shit.
     F       C           Am(let ring)
Yeah nothing happenin'...that's about it.



C
Yeah......


C
Well, little Rosanna came from Texarkana

Had fourteen dollars wrapped in a bandana.
    Am
Came into town not lookin' for much
         C
Well she found a hound dog and she named him "Dutch."

She got a job at the arcade takin' quarters

But she was never too good at takin' orders
   Am
So one night she stopped givin' out change
        C
She kicked the boss in the shin and unplugged the games.
  

    F      C            Am
She's only a person...who doesn't know shit.
F       C           Am(let ring)
Nothin' happenin'...That's about it.
C
Ooh, ooh.  Yeah, yeah, yeah.


C
Sam got canned at the cannery

He punched out the clock that night.
    Am
His knuckle was bleeding as he walked home,
C
He was cold and he had a headache.

Well his wife was cookin' canned beans,

He took out all the money out of his jeans
       Am
And he set it on fire in the kitchen sink
       C
As his wife handed him a drink.


        F     C        Am
He was only a person...who didn't know shit.
F       C           Am(let ring)
Nothin' happenin'...that's about it.


        C
Uh, yeah, oh.  Wooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...


C
Smiley was lookin' for handouts

sleepin' in a abandoned lighthouse.
Am
Down at the mini-mall shakin' his hat
C
Washin' windows with his bare hand.

He found a sports car with the keys

In the ignition it just seemed so easy.
  Am
He took a joyride drove into a hedge
C
Came out with the steering wheel wrapped around his head.


          F      C            Am
Well he's only a person...who doesn't know shit.
F       C           Am(let ring)
Nothin' happenin'...that's about it.


C
Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah.


C
Well Jane was born in a small town

Everybody just standing around.
         Am
They had bingo games and a raffle,
C
everybody chewin' tobacco.

Well she grew up kinda restless

All her boyfriends wanted to be dentists.
     Am
And she got a job at the truck stop
        C
And she got all fast and never did what she wanted


          F      C            Am
And she's only a person...who doesn't know shit.
F       C           Am(let ring)
Nothing happenin'...that's about it.

C
Yeah, yeah, yo...


Oh yeah...oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh.


Woo, ooh, ooh....