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C G/C C
I was riding on the Mayflower
When I thought I spied some land
I yelled for Captain Arab
I have yuh understand
G
Who came running to the deck
Said, "Boys, forget the whale
C
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C G B G
Oh, where have you been, my blue eyed son?
G B G
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
B G G
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
B G G
I've walked and I've crawled on
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Intro:
B B B
My heart is telling me, I love you still
Verses:
B Cm
I can see the turning of the key
C B
I've been deceived by the clown inside of me
Gm C
I thought that he was righteous but he's v
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F
F F B7 F
Well, your railroadgate, you know I just can't jump it.
F F B7
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see.
F F B7 F Cm
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet,
G#m F B7
with all these promises
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Capo 4th fret
Chords:
F6 320000
Cm 002210
G[barre chord] 133211
[Cm]"There must be some[F6] way[G] out of here,"
[F6] [Cm] Said the joker[F6] to the[G] thief,
[F6] [Cm]"There's too much[F6] con[G]fus
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[C]Old man sailin' in a dinghy boat down there
Old man down is baitin' a hook on[G] there
Gonna[C] pull man down on a suckling hook
Gonna[C] pull man into the suckling brook Oh[C] yeah
Now, he's[C] u
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Capo - 2nd fret
Oh me[C] and my cousin one G[C]rthur McBride
As we[G] went a-wal[C]king down by[Gm7] the seasi[G]de
G-ma[C]rking what followed and what[C] might betide
For it being on Christmas mo[C]
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[Cb] . . . ???
[Cb] The bells are golden chimes
[Cb] The sun is going to shine
[Cb] Before this ???
Baby ain't that [F] fine.
Baby ain't that [Cb] fine.
Baby ain't that [F] fine.
Baby ain't that [Cb]
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Intro:
B . . . |C . . . |F/B . . . |Fb/B . . . |
B/G . B/F . |F/F . B/Cm . |F/B . B/Cm . |B . . .
I first heard this from Ric von Schmidt. He lives in Cambridge.
Ric is a blues guitar player.
I met h
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Bm C Bm
Seen the arrow on the doorpost
Bm C Bm
Saying this land is condemned
C C B Gb C Bm
All the way from New Orleans to Jeruselem
Bm C Bm
I travelled to East Texas
Bm C Bm
Where many martyrs fell
C
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C G C C
How many roads must a man walk down
G C
Before you call him a man?
G C C
how many seas must a white dove sail
G
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F6 F F6 F
Buckets of rain, buckets of tears,
F6 F F6 F
got all them buckets comin' out of my ears.
F F
Buckets of moonbeams in my hand,
C F G#m C7/C F
I got all the love, honey baby, you can stand.
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Intro: Bb
Gm
Sixteen years,
Bb Bb Gm
Sixteen banners united over the fields
Fb Bb
While the good shepherd grieves
Gm Bb Bb
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
Gm Fb Bb Bb
Spreading their wings 'n
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B B7
Dear Landlord, please don't put a price on my soul,
Bm Bm/F G Bm Fm
My burden is heavy, my dreams are beyond control.
G G7
When that steamboat whistle blows,
Cb
I'm gonna give you all I got to gi
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Capo 4th Fret
Intro:
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|-2---2-2-2---3333-|-2--etc-
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The
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TUNING: F C F Gm C F
F F F F7
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel, thin man lookin' at his last meal
F F F F
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield for dignity
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass, you
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Bm Cm Bm Cm
Bm Bm Bm Bm
I hate myself for lovin' you And the weakness that I showed ...
Bm Bm Bm Cm
You were just a painted face On a trip down Suicide Road.
Gb Bm Bm
The stage was set, the lights we
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Play it with the Capo on the 4th fret.
F G Fm Fm (G)
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B|------------1----|------------0----|---1-------1----|---1--------1---
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B
I went down
A-lookin' around just to see who's born.
I found a little chicken down on his knees,
I went up and yelled to him,"Please, please, please!"
He said, "Don't ya tell Henry,
B
Don't ya t
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"Oh,[C] help me in my weakness,"
I heard the[G/C] drifter[C] say,
As they[C] carried him from the courtroom
And were taking[G/C] him a[C]way.
"My[C] trip hasn't been a pleasant one
And my time it[G/C]
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F
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
G
'Long comes Brady in his 'lectric car
Got a mean look right in his eye
F
Gonna shoot somebody jus' to watch him die
C F
He been on the job too long
Duncan, Duncan w
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Intro: G G/F Gm B / G G/F B B
G G/F Gm B G G/F B B
Come baby, find me, come baby, remind me of where I once begun.
G G/F Gm B G G/F B B
Come baby, show me, show me you know me, tell me you're the on
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B7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
B7 B7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
C7 B7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
B7
Everything is broken
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G B G Gsus4 G
Farewell Angelina, the bells of the crown
B G Gsus4 G
Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound
B G (Faez=C) Gsus4 G
The triangle tingles, the music plays slow
Gm Gm Gm Gm B G
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Drop B Tuning (DADGBe)
prominent bass fills:
B B/C B/G
Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4
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B---------------------------------
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C
May God bless and keep you always
G C
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
G G/C C
And let others do for you
C
May you build a ladder to the stars
G Gm
And climb on every rung
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G Cb G Cb
G Cb G Cb G Cb G
When she said, "Don't waste your words,
they're just lies," I cried she was deaf.
Cb G Cb G Cb G
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes,
Then said, "What else you
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Intro:
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|F . . . |. . . . G |G . . . |
|F . . . |C . . . |F . . G |F
F
I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack
G F
Just a little shanty by the railroad track
F
Freight train was it
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F
Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, ah hah
G7
Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, ah hah
F
Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride,
C F G7 F
With a sword and a pistol by his side, ah hah,