* Chords played for half a bar only
[Intro]
D Em A G* D*
[Strophe]
       D                         Em 
Wanted man in California, wanted man in Buffalo 
       A                          G*        D* 
Wanted man in Kansas City, wanted man in Ohio 
       D                          Em 
Wanted man in Mississippi, wanted man in old Cheyenne 
     A                                    G*              D* 
Wherever you might look tonight you might see this wanted man.
[Strophe]
        D                  Em 
I might be in Colorado, or Georgia by the sea, 
A                                G*               D* 
Working for some man who may not know who I might be 
       D                         Em 
If you ever see me coming and if you know who I am 
          A                               G*              D* 
Don't you breathe it to nobody 'cause you know I'm on the lam.
[Strophe]
       D                          Em 
Wanted man by Lucy Watson, wanted man by Jeannie Brown 
       A                             G*               D* 
Wanted man by Nellie Johnson, wanted man in this next town 
     D                          Em 
I've had all that I wanted of a lot of things I've had 
      A                              G*                     D* 
And a lot more than I needed of some things that turned out bad.
[Instrumentale]
D Em A G* D* (x2)
[Strophe]
      D                                  Em 
I got sidetracked in El Paso, stopped to get myself a map 
         A                           G*         D* 
Went the wrong way in Juarez with Juanita on my lap. 
       D                                 Em 
Then I went to sleep in Shreveport, woke up in Abilene 
          A                               G*              D* 
Wonderin' why the hell I'm wanted at some town half way between.
[Strophe]
      D                                  Em 
I got sidetracked in El Paso, stopped to get myself a map 
         A                           G*         D* 
Went the wrong way in Juarez with Juanita on my lap. 
       D                                 Em 
Then I went to sleep in Shreveport, woke up in Abilene 
          A                               G*              D* 
Wonderin' why the hell I'm wanted at some town half way between.