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Worthless

Van Dyke Parks
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
E|---0---0---0---0-------------|
B|--3---3---3---3--------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
I  can't take this kinda pressure
I  must confess one more dusty  road
 Would be  just a road too long
Worthless...
I  just can't, I just can't
 I just can't seem to get started!
Don't  have the heart to live  in the fast lane
All  that has passed and gone
Worthless!
 There ain't nothing you can do about it
Worthless!
 Pardon me while I panic!
Worthless! Worthless!  Worthless!
I  come from KC Missouri
 And I  got my kicks down on Route  66
 Every truck  stop from Butte to MO
Motown  to Old Alabama
 From Texarkana  and east  of Savanna from Tampa  to Old Kokomo
Worthless...
I  once ran the Indy 500
 I must  confess I'm impressed  how I did
 And I wonder  how close that I came
Now  I get a sinking sensation
I  was the top of the line,  out of site out of mind
 So much for fortune and fame
Worthless!
Worthless!
Worthless! Worthless!  Worthless!
Once  took a Texan to a wedding
 Once took a Texan to a wedding
He  kept forgetting, his loneliness  letting
 His thoughts  turn to home and we turned
I  took a man to a graveyard
I  beg your pardon, it's quite  hard enough
 Just living  with the stuff I have learned
Worthless!
Worthless!
Worthless! Worthless!  Worthless!
Once  drove a surfer to sunset
There  were bikinis and buns  filled with weenies
Believe  me, just couldn't forget
Pico,  lets go up to Zuma
Pico,  lets go up to Zuma
From  Zuma to Yuma the rumor  was I had a hand  in the lay of the land
Get  up and go hit the highway
I  worked on a reservation
Who  would believe they would love  me and leave on a bus  back to old Santa  Fe?
Once  in an Indian nation
I  took the kids on the skids  with a Hopi
 Who was happy  to lie there and say
"You're  worthless"

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Readable chord sheet for Worthless by Van Dyke Parks

E|---0---0---0---0-------------|
B|--3---3---3---3--------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

[Em]I can't take this kinda pressure
[G]I must confess one more d[F#m]usty road
Would [Em]be just a road too [Dsus2]long

[G]Worthl[Em]ess...

[Em]I just can't, I just can't
I just can't seem to get started!
[G]Don't have the heart to [F#m]live in the fast lane
[Em]All that has passed and [Dsus2]gone

[G]Worthl[A]ess!
There ain't nothing you can do about i[C]t     [B]
[G]Worthl[A]ess!
Pardon me while I panic!
[C]Worthl[B]ess! [B]Worthl[A]ess![A] Worth[G]less!

[Em]I come from KC Missouri
And [G]I got my kicks down on [F#m]Route 66
Every [Em]truck stop from Butte to [Dsus2]MO
[Em]Motown to Old Alabama
From [G]Texarkana and [F#m]east of Savanna from [Em]Tampa to Old [Dsus2]Kokomo

[A]Worthl[Bm]ess...

[Em]I once ran the Indy 500
I [G]must confess I'm [F#m]impressed how I did
And I [Em]wonder how close that I [Dsus2]came
[Em]Now I get a sinking sensation
[G]I was the top of the [F#m]line, out of site out of [Em]mind
So much for fortune and [Dsus2]fame

[G]Worthl[A]ess!
[C]     [B]
[G]Worthl[A]ess!
[C]Worthl[B]ess! [B]Worthl[A]ess![A] Worth[Gm]less!

[Gm]Once took a Texan to a wedding
Once took a Texan to a wedding
[Bb]He kept forgetting, his [Am]loneliness letting
His [Gm]thoughts turn to home and we [F]turned

[Gm]I took a man to a graveyard
[Bb]I beg your pardon, it's [Am]quite hard enough
Just [Gm]living with the stuff I have [F]learned

[Am]Worthle[Bb]ss!
[Bb]     [Abm]
[Abm]Worthles[A]s!
[A]Worthl[G]ess! [G]Worthl[F]ess![F] Worth[Em]less!

[Em]Once drove a surfer to sunset
[G]There were bikinis and [F#m]buns filled with weenies
[Em]Believe me, just couldn't [Dsus2]forget

[Em]Pico, lets go up to Zuma
[Gm]Pico, lets go up to Zuma
[Bb]From Zuma to Yuma the [Am]rumor was I had a [Gm]hand in the lay of the [F]land
[G]Get up and go hit the highway

[G]     [A]
[C]     [B]
[G]     [A]
[C]     [B]   [B]     [A]   [A]     [G]

[Em]
[Em]I worked on a reservation
[Em]
[G]Who would believe they would l[F#m]ove me and leave on a [Em]bus back to old Sant[Dsus2]a Fe?

[Em]Once in an Indian nation
[G]I took the kids on the [F#m]skids with a Hopi
Who was [Em]happy to lie there and [Dsus2]say
[Em]"You're[Dm] worthl[Am]ess"

[Em]
[G]          [F#m]               [Em]              [D]
[Em]

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