Nobody Knew His Name
Nobody Knew His Name

Nobody Knew His Name chords by John Hiatt

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  • Am

  • C

  • G

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    3

  • F

  • Dm

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  • Dm

    • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Well a 
    man 

    in 
    a Cadillac 
    used 
    to come 
    around 
    here 

    Looking 
    for 
    a long 
    black 
    train 

    Said 
    his baby 
    left 
    town 

    with 
    an 
    Engineer 

    Cut 
    across 
    the 
    midnight 
    rain, 
    boys 

    Straight 
    across 
    the 
    midnight 

    rain 

    Verse 2

    Now 
    every
    body 
    said 
    he'd 

    been 
    in Viet
    nam 

    When 
    he was 
    pretty 
    young 

    That's 
    when 
    buddy 
    got 
    killed 

    when 
    his rifle 
    jammed 

    Now 
    the 
    fighting 
    ain't 
    never 
    done, 
    boys 

    Now 
    the 
    fighting 
    ain't 
    never 
    done 

    Verse 3

    Red 
    tip 
    while 
    the 
    ci
    garette 
    glowin' 

    Win
    dows 
    up 
    against 
    the 
    rain 

    Night 
    so 
    dark, 

    there 
    was 
    nothing 
    else 
    showin' 

    Nobody 
    knew 
    his 
    name, 
    boys 

    Nobody 
    knew 
    his 
    name 

    Interlude 1


    Sher
    iff 
    run 
    him off 
    once 
    in a 
    Verse 4
    while 

    But 
    he 
    would be 
    right 
    back 

    With 
    a 
    cup 
    of coffee, 
    an old 
    news
    paper 

    Sit
    ting 
    by 
    the 
    side 
    of 
    the track
    s, 

    boys 

    Cry
    ing 
    by 
    the side 
    of 
    the 

    track
    s 

    Verse 5

    He'd 
    try 
    to 
    keep 
    from 
    turning 
    the tables 

    Hired 
    walking 
    horses 
    out 

    at 
    Suffolk 
    Downs 

    But 
    there 
    was always 
    some 

    whiskey 
    back 
    at the 
    stables 

    If 
    you 
    knew 
    where 
    to 
    look 
    around, 
    boys 

    If 
    you 
    knew 
    where 
    to 
    look 
    around. 

    Verse 6

    Red 
    tip 
    of 
    a 
    cigarette 
    glowin' 

    Windows 
    up 
    against 
    the 
    rain 

    Night 
    so 
    dark, 

    there 
    was 
    nothing 
    else 
    showin' 

    But nobody 
    knew 
    his 
    name, 
    boys 

    Nobody 
    knew 
    his 
    name 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 7
    Slinging 
    pizza 
    and 
    beer 

    Down 
    at Water
    front 
    Park 

    Handicapping 
    dogs 
    for the 

    clientèle 

    A different 
    pick 
    for 
    each 
    one 

    Yeah, 
    it didn't 
    matter 
    who 
    won 

    Somebody 
    gonna 
    tip 
    him 
    well, 
    boys 

    Some
    body 
    gonna 
    tip 
    him 

    well 

    Verse 8

    Well 
    they 
    found 
    him 
    in 
    his 
    Ca
    dillac 
    car 

    Out 
    behind 
    the 
    old 
    farm 
    store 

    He 
    was 
    sitting 
    there 
    like we 

    was 
    going 
    somewhere 

    And he 
    was
    n't 
    coming 
    back 
    no 
    more, 

    boys 

    He was
    n't 
    coming 
    back 
    no 
    more 

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