Wishing Well Blues
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
Chalk Lines and Dust (2026)
Capo 4
Intro
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
[F] [G] [C]
Verse 1
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
There’s a sign on the cafe window
[F] [C]
It says closed please call again
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
If only you’d been wearing that sign on your heart
[F] [G]
I never would have tried to come in
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
I’ve heard that true love will make a survivor
[F] [C]
When the pushing comes to a shove
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
But I may as well have tried to hold back the tide
[F] [G] [C]
As to try and go and win your love
Chorus
[C] [F] [C]
So throw me a penny in the wishing well
[F] [C]
Knock me my fist on the wood
[C] [F] [C]
Sometimes I’ve got to laugh at this funny old world
[F] [G]
When crying seems to do me no good
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
There are nights when I wander on the streets alone
[F] [C]
I see your face in the stars above
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
But I may as well have tried to hold back the tide
[F] [G] [C]
As to try and go and win your love
Verse 2
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
There’s a sign on the hotel doorway
[F] [C]
It says no vacancy
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
If only I’d known you felt that way
[F] [G]
I could have smiled and walked on by
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
I’ve heard that true love will lift you off your feet
[F] [C]
As if you had the wings of a dove
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
But I may as well have tried to hold back the tide
[F] [G] [C]
As to try and go and win your love
Chorus
[C] [F] [C]
So throw me a penny in the wishing well
[F] [C]
Knock me my fist on the wood
[C] [F] [C]
Sometimes I’ve got to laugh at this funny old world
[F] [G]
When crying seems to do me no good
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
There are nights when I wander on the streets alone
[F] [C]
I see your face in the stars above
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
But I may as well have tried to hold back the tide
[F] [G] [C]
As to try and go and win your love
[C] [C/B] [Am] [C/G]
[F] [G] [C]
