https://youtu.be/KQun4mul-mI?si=3F-Oy_ntQnt7QMl2
Intro
[A5] [C5] [D5]
[A5] [C5] [D5]
Verse 1
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[A5] [C5] [D5]
Oh!
[A5] [C5] [D5]
Countryman, friend, lend me your ears
[A5] [C5] [G5]
I'll tell you a tale of fifteen years
[A5] [C5] [D5]
I'm an old man but not forlorn
[A5] [C5] [G5]
I wanna see the city where I was born
[A5] [C5] [D5]
I got a feeling I can't understand
[A5] [C5] [G5]
I wanna get back to my homeland
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I ain't got no money, I ain't got a cent
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I gotta get on that train, so help me
Chorus
[A] [D] [A] [D]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way
[A] [D] [A] [D]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way (you gotta help me)
[D]
Come on, baby, gotta get moving
[E]
Come on, baby, gotta get grooving
[A] [D] [A] [D5] [C5] [G5]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way
Verse 2
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Step up to me, you city gents
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I'll clean your shoes for fifteen cents
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I'll fix your tie, you'll look a smash
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If you don't mind, I'll take your cash
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Soon I'll get the money, I'll get to feel fine
[A5] [C5] [G5]
I'll pack my bags and you can drink my wine
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Only gotta know I got to go home
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The good Lord tells me so, so help me
Chorus
[A] [D] [A] [D]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way (come on and show me)
[A] [D] [A] [D]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way (to the city)
[D]
Come on, baby, gotta get moving
[E]
Come on, baby, gotta get grooving
[A] [D] [A] [D5] [C5] [G5]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way
Bridge
[D] [D/B]
Which train goes to Louis
[D/C#] [D]
You know I got the fare
[A]
'Cause I know my time's coming fast
[D]
I gotta try to make it there
Chorus
[D]
Come on, baby, gotta get moving
[E]
Come on, baby, gotta get grooving
[A] [D] [A] [D5] [C5] [G5]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way
Solo 1
[Am]
Solo 2
[A5] [C5] [D5]
[A5] [C5] [G5] x4
Chorus
[A] [D] [A] [D]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way
[A] [D] [A] [D]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way (I wanna get there)
[D]
Come on, baby, gotta get moving
[E]
Come on, baby, gotta get grooving
[A] [D] [A] [D5] [C5] [G5]
Show me the way to St. Louis, show me the way
Outro
A5 D5 x13 /fade
