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[Verse 1]
                            D
   I came here lookin' for somethin'
E7                          A
   I couldn't find anywhere else
A                            D
   But I don't want to be nobody,
E7                             A
   Just want a chance to be myself

A                                  D
   I've done a thousand miles of thumbin',
E7                                A
   Yes, I've worn blisters on my heels
A                               D   
   Tryin' to find me somethin' better
E7                           A     D    A*   
   On the streets of Bakersfield


[Chorus]
                                   D
   You don't know me but you don't like me,
E7                               A
   You say you care less how I feel
A                                D
   How many of you that sit and judge me
E7                                    A    D   A*
   Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?


[Solo]
A    D  
E7   A
A    D
E7   A D A


[Verse 2]
A                              D  
   Spent some time in San Francisco,
E7                            A
   Spent a night there in the can
A                                   D
   They threw this drunk man in my jail cell,
E7                                  A    
   I took fifteen dollars from that man

A                                 D
   I left him my watch and my old house keys,
E7                                        A
   I don't like folks thinkin' that I'd steal
A                                D
   Then I thanked him as he was sleepin',
E7                              A   D  A*
   And I headed out for Bakersfield


[Chorus]
                                    D
   You don't know me but you don't like me,
E7                               A
   You say you care less how I feel
A                                D
   How many of you that sit and judge me
E7                                     A   
   Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?


[Outro]
A                                D
   How many of you that sit and judge me
E7                                     A    D   A*
   Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?