Verse 1: Em (022000@1) BLong (x2444x@1)time ago when I was young EmI (022000@1)bought a guitar in the little shop in town G (320003@1) Band (x2444x@1)I went home and practiced every day Emand (022000@1)not before too long i started writing songs that I would play Chorus 1: G (320003@1)Everyone who heard my songs Ctold (x32010@1)me that it wouldn't be too long D (xx0232@1) Gbefore (320003@1)I would be a famous music writer And every night I sat alone CListening (x32010@1)to the radio G (320003@1) B (x2444x@1) EmAnd (022000@1)then I thought soon it will be my turn Verse 2: Each night when folks came to my place I picked my guitar up and played the songs I've made I was told I'd be a millionaire And when they heard my songs they said it won't be too long until you're there Chorus 2: Worn out shoes still got the blues Every day now is a fight I lose I guess I turned out to be a lousy fighter When I came to this big town All important people put me down And I was told I'm a no good writer Bridge: G (320003@1) DAll (xx0232@1)the letters that I write to my folks are full of lies C (x32010@1) Emwhen (022000@1)I'm writing about the fortune that I made G (320003@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)I left my mama said silly boy don't lose your head C (x32010@1) Emnow (022000@1)I'm wishing by my god that I had stayed Verse 3: Longtime ago when I was young I bought a guitar in the little shop in town and when I touch its old and tired strings It sounds so sad and wrong just like the lonely songs I always sing Chorus 3: Worn out shoes still got the blues Every day now is a fight I lose I guess I turn out to be a lousy fighter When I came to this big town All important people put me down And I was told I'm a no good writer Worn out shoes still got the blues...
