Streets Of Bakersfield
Recorded by Buck Owens
Written by Homer Joy
G C
I came here in looking for something
D7 G
I couldn't find anywhere else
C
I don't want to see nobody
D7 G
Just want a chance to be myself
C
I've done a thousand miles of thumbing
D7 G
Yes I've worn blisters on my heels
C
Trying to find me something better
D7 G
On the streets of Bakersfield
C
You don't know me but you don't like me
D7 G
You say you care less how I feel
C
How many of you that sit and judge me
D7 G
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield
C
Spent some time in San Francisco
D7 G
Spent a night there in the can
C
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
D7 G
I took fifteen dollars from that man
C
I left him my watch and my old house keys
D7 G
Don't like folks thinking that I'd steal
C
Then I thanked him as he was sleeping
D7 G
And I headed out for Bakersfield
Repeat #3
C
How many of you that sit and judge me
D7 G
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield