Elton John - One Horse Town: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "One Horse Town" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn One Horse Town Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Elton John

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "One Horse Town" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

B
Saw a Cadillac for the first time yesterday
Bm                                E
I'd always seen horses, buggies, bales of hay
Am                                           D
'Cause progress here don't move with modern times
                    F#
There's nothing to steal
            F                    E      D   C
So there's not a great deal of crime - oh! oh!

Chorus:
    C
It sure is hell living in a one horse town
        Bm                      E
There's half a mile of Alabama mud bed ground
Am                             D
Nothing much doing of an afternoon
               F#                    F                    E D C
Unless you're sitting in a rocking chair just picking a tune

G#                                                      C#m
And they ain't too well acquainted with the stars and stripes
            A#                                        C#
But if you want to hear Susanna then they'll pick all night
         C
They'll pick all night

Because it's no dice living in a one horse town
Laid back, as my old coon hound
And I just can't wait to get out of this one horse town
There's nothing to steal cause there's simply nothing much around

And they aren't too well acquainted with the stars and stripes
But if you want to hear Susanna, then they'll pick all night
They'll pick all night


Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

Guitar chord G#

B

Guitar chord B

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "One Horse Town" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "One Horse Town" by Elton John.

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