D                          G  
I came here in looking for something  
  A7                     D  
I couldn't find anywhere else 
                      G  
I don't want to see nobody  
 A7                         D  
Just want a chance to be myself 
 
                              G  
I've done a thousand miles of thumbing 
 A7                           D  
Yes I've worn blisters on my heels 
                            G  
Trying to find me something better 
 A7                      D  
On the streets of Bakersfield 
 
                                G  
You don't know me but you don't like me 
 A7                          D  
You say you care less how I feel 
                             G  
How many of you that sit and judge me 
 A7                               D  
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield 
 
                           G  
Spent some time in San Francisco 
 A7                         D  
Spent a night there in the can 
                                G  
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell 
 A7                               D  
I took fifteen dollars from that man 
 
                               G  
I left him my watch and my old house keys 
 A7                                 D  
Don't like folks thinking that I'd steal 
                             G  
Then I thanked him as he was sleeping 
 A7                         D  
And I headed out for Bakersfield 
 
Repeat #3 
  
                             G  
How many of you that sit and judge me 
 A7                               D  
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield

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