Philadelphia Lawyer

Merle Haggard

Written by Woody Guthrie [3/4 time]

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C               G7
Way out in Reno Neva-da
                         C
Where romance blooms and fades
                     F
A great Philadelphia lawyer
       G7                    C
Was in love with a Hollywood maid

Verse 2

                      G7
Come love and we will wander
                         C
Out where the lights are bright
                                 F
I'll win you a divorce from your husband
       G7              C
And we can get married tonight

Verse 3

                          G7
Now Bill was a gun-toting cowboy
                               C
Ten notches were carved on his gun
                    F
All the boys around Reno
     G7                 C
Left wild Bill's maiden alone

Verse 4

                      G7
One night when he was returning
                             C
From riding the range in the cold
                            F
He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart
    G7                     C
Her love was as lasting as gold

Verse 5

                    G7
As he drew near her window
                       C
A shadow he saw on the shade
                           F
Was the great Philadelphia lawyer
       G7                    C
Making love to his Hollywood maid

Verse 6

                              G7
The night was as still as the desert
                    C
The moon was bright overhead
                            F
Bill listened awhile to the lawyer
         G7                      C
He could hear every word that he said

Verse 7

                             G7
Your hands are so pretty and lovely
                      C
Your form so rare and divine
                       F
Come go with me to the city
    G7                     C
And leave this wild cowboy behind

Verse 8

                G7
Now back in old Pennsylvania
                      C
Among those beautiful pines
                              F
There's one less Philadelphia lawyer
   G7               C
In old Philadelphia tonight

Verse 9

TAG:
                              F
There's one less Philadelphia lawyer
   G7               C
In old Philadelphia tonight