Wichita Lineman

Jimmy Web

Beatiful song nominated one of the best pop songs.

Quite a lot of stuff on it on the internet including Glen Campbells
version on youtube. And some quite good grasps of the
chords on guitarseminars. It is very much in agreement
with my chords below. I tend to play less on the first string
and don't use the basic Bb chord (X13331) but the add6 with an open
g string (X13O31).

Listen to most of it here

To me it is a reminder about the good old days in the
60'ies in my dear hometown Jels. I never played it
myself until now. But it was in the back of my head,
like so many of the other songs that was around then.

| Fmaj7     | Bbmaj7      |Fmaj7    |
|C11                                | Bbmaj7  |
     I am a lineman for the county
|Am7                            | C11     |
   And I drive the main road
|Dm7                  Am7
Searching in the sun
         | G             |  D    |
For an-other over-load
| D                                          | Cadd9      |
       I hear you singing in the wires
                                                  | G/h       |
      I can hear you through the whine
|Gm/b                     | D/a      |
     And the Wichita lineman
| A7sus          | Bb6    | Cadd9  | Bb6   | C11
Is still on the line

I know I need a small vacation
But it don’t look like rain
And if it snows
That stretch down south
Won’t ever stand the strain

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

A7sus = OO2O3O

Gm/b = X1OO3X

Bb6

X       O    X

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Cadd9  X32O3(X)

X       O    X

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