Intro: C#m B E (A) E 
 
Verse:
E  E  (B7)  E  E 
I was a rambler I traveled this land               
A  A  E  E      
From town to town, guitar in my hand               
A  A  E  E 
All I’ve to show for all of my time                    
C#m  B  E  (A)  E 
Is nothing but the blues and nickels and dimes          
 
She asked if I was a man of my word                     
But the rattle of chains was all that i heard 
Soon she saw thru the smoke and the lies 
And left me with the blues and nickels and dimes 
                                                       
Chorus:
C#m  C#m  E  E 
Nickels and dimes, nickels and dimes          
C#m  C#m  B  B 
All I’ve to show for all of my times               
A  A  E  E 
When you’ve nothing left, you’ve nothing to hide     
C#m  B  E  (A)  E 
Nothing but the blues and nickels and dimes     
 
C#m  B  E  (A)  E 
 
The years they roll by so quickly now 
Youth has escaped from me somehow 
All I’ve to show for all of my crimes 
Is nothing but the blues and nickels and dimes 
 
Nickels and dimes, nickels and dimes 
All I’ve to show for all of my times 
When you’ve nothing left, you’ve nothing to hide 
Nothing but the blues and nickels and dimes 
 
Outro: C#m  B  E  (A)  E