Jim Croce - Car wash blues

^FWell, I just got out from the county prison, doin' ninety ^C7days for non-support.

But no ^Fmatter how smooth I talked they wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius, The man say, 'We ^Fgot all that we can ^D7use...'

^D7Now I got them ^Fsteadily ^E7depressin', ^Amlow down ^C7mind messin', ^Fworkin' at the ^C7car wash ^Fblues. #2. ^FWell, I should be sittin' in an air conditioned ^C7office

Sayin', '^FHere, now mama, come on over here.' Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag and walkin' ^Fhome in soggy old ^D7shoes...

^D7Now I got them ^Fsteadily ^E7depressin', ^Amlow down ^C7mind messin' ^Fworkin' at the ^C7car wash ^Fblues. #3. ^FYou know a ^Fman of my ability, he should be ^Fsmokin' on a big cigar. But ^Ftill I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait in my ^D7rubber suit rubbin' these ^C7cars. #4. Well, ^Fall I can do is a shake my head, you ^C7might not believe that it's true.

is an un^Fdiscovered Howard Hughes. So baby, don't expect to see me, with no double martini in any ^Fhigh-brow society ^D7news.

^D7Cause I got them ^Fsteadily ^E7depressin', ^Amlow down ^C7mind messin', ^Fworkin' at the ^C7car wash ^Fblues.