Jim Croce - Car wash blues

^GWell, I just got out from the county prison, doin' ninety ^D7days for non-support.

But no ^Gmatter how smooth I talked they wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius, The man say, 'We ^Cgot all that we can ^A7use...'

^A7Now I got them ^Gsteadily ^B7depressin', ^Emlow down ^G7mind messin', ^Cworkin' at the ^D7car wash ^Gblues. #2. ^GWell, I should be sittin' in an air conditioned ^D7office

Sayin', '^GHere, now mama, come on over here.' Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag and walkin' ^Chome in soggy old ^A7shoes...

^A7Now I got them ^Gsteadily ^B7depressin', ^Emlow down ^G7mind messin' ^Cworkin' at the ^D7car wash ^Gblues. #3. ^GYou know a ^Cman of my ability, he should be ^Gsmokin' on a big cigar. But ^Ctill I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait in my ^A7rubber suit rubbin' these ^D7cars. #4. Well, ^Gall I can do is a shake my head, you ^D7might not believe that it's true.

is an un^Gdiscovered Howard Hughes. So baby, don't expect to see me, with no double martini in any ^Chigh-brow society ^A7news.

^A7Cause I got them ^Gsteadily ^B7depressin', ^Emlow down ^G7mind messin', ^Cworkin' at the ^D7car wash ^Gblues.