WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Glen Campbell - Manhattan Kansas Chords | Ver. 1
Intro F
Verse 1
F Bb
Manhattan, Kansas ain't no place to have a baby
F C
When you got no man to give it his last name
F Bb
And her folks back in Manhattan didn't want her or her bundle
F C F
So she took her child and caught an evenin' train.
Verse 2
F Bb
She found a job in Denver washing dishes in a diner
F C
At least it buys her baby milk to drink
F Bb
He once told her she was pretty but the only ring it got her
F C F
Was the ring of grease that runs around the sink.
Chorus 1
C
Yes she lay beside him gentle
Bb
'Cause he told her that he loved her
D# Bb C F7 D#7 C7
And he made her dance before the music played
F
But at least she didn't beg him
Bb
She'd rather wash her dishes
F C F
It makes her feel as if her hands are clean.
Verse 3
F
At night she stands there thinkin'
Bb
'Bout the man back home in Kansas
F C
And how her folks just turned away the shame
F
She stares down through the soap suds
Bb
Reaches down and pulls the drain plug
F C F
And watches as Manhattan drains away.
Chorus 2
C
Yes she layed beside him gentle
Bb
'Cause he told her that he loved her
D# Bb C F7 D#7 C7
And he made her dance before the music played
F
But at least she didn't beg him
Bb
She'd rather wash her dishes
F C F Bb F
It makes her feel as if her hands are clean.
C F
Yes it makes her feel as if her hands are clean...
