Highway 61 Revisited[Album]

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  • Like a Rolling Stone
    Tombstone Blues
    It Takes a Lot To Laugh,It Takes a Train to Cry
  • From a Buick 6
    Ballad of a Thin Man
    Queen Jane Approximentaly
  • Highway 61 Revisited
    Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
    Desolation Row
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    Like A Rolling Stone
    Chords:
  • Dm7 C G F[barre chord]
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    C Dm7
  • Once upon a time you dressed so fine
    C F G
    You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
  • C Dm7 C
    People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
    F G
  • You thought they were all kiddin' you
    F G
    You used to laugh about
  • F G
    Everybody that was hangin' out
    F C Dm7 C
  • Now you don't talk so loud
    F C Dm7 C
    Now you don't seem so proud
  • Dm F G
    About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
     
  • C F G
    How does it feel
    C F G
  • How does it feel
    C F G
    To be without a home
  • C F G
    Like a complete unknown
    C F G
  • Like a rolling stone?
     
    Ah,You've[C] gone to the[Dm7] finest school all[C] right, Miss Lonely
  • But you[F] know you only used to get[G] juiced in it
    And no[C]body has ever taught you[Dm7] how to live on the[C] street
    But now you're[F] gonna have to get[G] used to it
  • [F]You said you'd never [G]compromise
    [F]With the mystery tramp, but now you[G] realize
    [F]He's not[C] selling any[Dm7] alibis[C]
  • [F]As you stare into the[C] vacuum[Dm7] of his[G] eyes
    And[Dm] say do you want to[F] make a[G] deal?
     
  • [Chorus:C F G,over and over]
    How does it feel
    How does it feel
  • To be on your own
    With no direction home
    Like a complete unknown
  • Like a rolling stone?
     
    You[C] never turned around to[Dm7] see the frowns on the jugglers and the[C] clowns
  • When they[F] all come down and did[G] tricks for you
    You[C] never understood that it[Dm7] ain't no good
    You[C] shouldn't let other[F] people get your[G] kicks for you
  • [F]You used to ride on the chrome horse with your[G] diplomat
    [F]Who carried on his shoulder a[G] Siamese cat
    [F]Ain't it[C] hard when you di[Dm7]scover that[C]
  • [F]He really[C] wasn't[Dm7] where it's[G] at
    [Dm]After he took from you[F] everything he could[G] steal.
     
  • [Repeat chorus chords:C F G]
    How does it feel
    How does it feel
  • To be on your own
    With no direction home
    Like a complete unknown
  • Like a rolling stone?
     
    [C]Princess on the[Dm7] steeple and all the[C] pretty people
  • They're[F] all drinkin', thinkin' that they[G] got it made
    [C]Exchanging all[Dm7] precious gifts
    [C]But you'd better[F] take your diamond ring,[G] you'd better pawn it babe
  • [F]You used to be[G] so amused
    [F]At Napoleon in rags[G] and the language that he used
    [F]Go to him now, he[C] calls you, you[Dm7] can't refuse[C]
  • [F]When you ain't got[C] nothing, you got[Dm7] nothing to[G] lose
    You're in[Dm]visible now, you got no secrets[F] to conce[G]al.
     
  • [Repeat chrous chords:C F G]
    How does it feel
    How does it feel
  • To be on your own
    With no direction home
    Like a complete unknown
  • Like a rolling stone?
     
    Tombstone Blues
  • [Capo on 2nd fret]
     
    [Repeat E,A,E throughout whole song]
  • E A E
    The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course
    E A E
  • The city fathers they're trying to endorse
    E A E
    The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
  • E A E
    But the town has no need to be nervous
     
  • The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits
    To Jezebel the nun she violently knits
    A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
  • At the head of the chamber of commerce
     
    A
  • Mama's in the fact'ry
    E
    She ain't got no shoes
  • A
    Daddy's in the alley
    E
  • He's lookin' for food
    A
    I'm in the kitchen
  • E
    With the tombstone blues
     
  • The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
    Screaming she moans, "I've just been made"
    Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade
  • Says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"
     
    Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside
  • He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
    "Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
    You will not die, it's not poison"
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    Mama's in the fact'ry
    She ain't got no shoes
  • Daddy's in the alley
    He's lookin' for food
    I'm in the kitchen
  • With the tombstone blues
     
    Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief
  • Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief
    Saying, "Tell me great hero, but please make it brief
    Is there a hole for me to get sick in?"
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    The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
    Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
  • And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky
    Saying, "The sun's not yellow it's chicken"
     
  • Mama's in the fact'ry
    She ain't got no shoes
    Daddy's in the alley
  • He's lookin' for food
    I'm in the kitchen
    With the tombstone blues
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    The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save
    Puts jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves
  • Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves
    Then sends them out to the jungle
     
  • Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps
    With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps
    With a fantastic collection of stamps
  • To win friends and influence his uncle
     
    Mama's in the fact'ry
  • She ain't got no shoes
    Daddy's in the alley
    He's lookin' for food
  • I'm in trouble
    With the tombstone blues
     
  • The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone
    Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
    At Delilah who's sitting worthlessly alone
  • But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
     
    Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
  • I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
    Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
    He could die happily ever after
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    Mama's in the fact'ry
    She ain't got no shoes
  • Daddy's in the alley
    He's lookin' for food
    I'm in the kitchen
  • With the tombstone blues
     
    Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll
  • Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole
    And the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul
    To the old folks home and the college
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    Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain
    That could hold you dear lady from going insane
  • That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain
    Of your useless and pointless knowledge
     
  • Mama's in the fact'ry
    She ain't got no shoes
    Daddy's in the alley
  • He's lookin' for the fuse
    I'm in the streets
    With the tombstone blues
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    It Takes A Lot To Laugh,It Takes A Train To Cry
    [Capo on 1st fret]
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    Chords:
    G C/g G7 D Dsus4 C
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    G C/g G C/g
    Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby,
  • G7 C/g G C/g G C/g G
    Can't buy a thrill.
    C/g G C/g G C/g
  • Well, I've been up all night,
    G C/g G
    Leanin' on the window sill.
  • G G7(/f)
    Well, if I die
    C D
  • On top of the hill
    G C/g G C/g
    And if I don't make it,
  • G C/g G C/g G
    You know my baby will.
     
  • Don't the moon look good, mama,
    Shinin' through the trees?
    Don't the brakeman look good, mama,
  • Flagging down the "Double E"?
    Don't the sun look good
    Goin' down over the sea?
  • Don't my gal look fine
    When she's comin' after me?
     
  • Now the wintertime is coming,
    The windows are filled with frost.
    I went to tell everybody,
  • But I could not get across.
    Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
    I don't wanna be your boss.
  • Don't say I never warned you
    When your train gets lost.
     
  • From A Buick 6
    C
    I got this graveyard woman, you know she keeps my kid
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    But my soulful mama, you know she keeps me hid
    F C
  • She's a junkyard angel and she always gives me bread
    G C
    Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
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    Well, when the[C] pipeline gets broken and I'm lost on the river bridge
    I'm cracked up on the highway and on the water's edge
  • [F]She comes down the thruway ready to sew me up with thread[C]
    Well, if I[G] go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
     
  • Well, she don't[C] make me nervous, she don't talk too much
    She walks like Bo Diddley and she don't need no crutch
    [F]She keeps this four-ten all loaded with lead[C]
  • Well, if I[G] go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
     
    Well, you know I[C] need a steam shovel mama to keep away the dead
  • I need a dump truck mama to unload my head
    [F]She brings me everything and more, and just like I said[C]
    Well, if I[G] go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed
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    Ballad of a Thin Man
    [Capo on 2nd Fret]
  • Chords:
    Am G#[barre chord] F#[barre chord] Em
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    Intro:
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    [4 Times]
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    Am
    You walk into the room
  • G#
    With your pencil in your hand
    G
  • You see somebody naked
    F#
    And you say, "Who is that man?"
  • F
    You try so hard
    Dm
  • But you don't understand
    C Em
    Just what you will say
  • Am
    When you get home
    C Em
  • Because something is happening here
    Am
    But you don't know what it is
  • F Am
    Do you, Mister Jones? [intro two times]
     
  • [Am]You raise up your head
    [G#]And you ask, "Is this where it is?"
    [G]And somebody points to you and says
  • [F#]"It's his"
    [F]And you say, "What's mine?"
    And somebody[Dm] else says, "Where what is?"
  • And you say, "[C]Oh my God
    Am[F] I here all a[Am]lone?"
     
  • Be[C]cause something is[Em] happening here
    But you[Am] don't know what it is
    [F]Do you, Mister[Am] Jones? [intro two times]
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    [Am]You hand in your ticket
    [G#]And you go watch the geek
  • [G]Who immediately walks up to you
    [F#]When he hears you speak
    And[F] says, "How does it feel
  • To[Dm] be such a freak?"
    And you say, "Im[C]possible"
    As he[F] hands you a[Am] bone
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    Be[C]cause something is[Em] happening here
    But you[Am] don't know what it is
  • [F]Do you, Mister[Am] Jones?[intro two times]
     
    [Am]You have many contacts
  • [C]Among the lumberjacks
    To[F] get you facts
    When someone attacks your imagi[Am]nation
  • But nobody has any respect
    [C]Anyway they already expect you
    To just[F] give a check
  • To tax-de[C]ductible[G] charity organi[G#]zations
     
    [Am]You've been with the professors
  • [G#]And they've all liked your looks
    [G]With great lawyers you have
    [F#]Discussed lepers and crooks
  • [F]You've been through all of
    F. Scott Fitz[Dm]gerald's books
    You're[C] very well read
  • [F]It's well[Am] known
     
    Be[C]cause something is[Em] happening here
  • But you[Am] don't know what it is
    [F]Do you, Mister[Am] Jones?[intro two times]
     
  • [Am]Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
    [G#]And then he kneels
    [G]He crosses himself
  • [F#]And then he clicks his high heels
    And[F] without further notice
    He[Dm] asks you how it feels
  • And he[C] says, "Here is your[F] throat back
    Thanks for the[Am] loan"
     
  • Be[C]cause something is[Em] happening here
    But you[Am]don't know what it is
    [F]Do you, Mister[Am] Jones?[intro two times]
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    [Am]Now you see this one-eyed midget
    [G#]Shouting the word "NOW"
  • [G]And you say, "For what reason?"
    [F#]And he says, "How?"
    [F]And you say, "What does this mean?"
  • And he[Dm] screams back, "You're a cow
    [C]Give me some milk
    [F]Or else go[Am] home"
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    Be[C]cause something is[Em] happening here
    But you[Am] don't know what it is
  • [F]Do you, Mister[Am] Jones?[intro two times]
     
    [Am]Well, you walk into the room
  • [G#]Like a camel and then you frown
    [G]You put your eyes in your pocket
    [F#]And your nose on the ground
  • [F]There ought to be a law
    A[Dm]gainst you comin' around
    [C]You should be made
  • To[F] wear earpho[Am]nes
     
    Be[C]cause something is[Em] happening here
  • But you[Am] don't know what it is
    [F]Do you, Mister[Am]Jones?[intro two times]
     
  • Queen Jane Approximentaly
     
    Chords:
  • Csus C/g F/g
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  • F Em Dm C Csus C
    When your mother sends back all your invitations
    F Em Dm G
  • And your father to your sister he explains
    C F C Am
    That you're tired of yourself and all of your creations
  • C/g F/g C F
    Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
    C F C
  • Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
     
    Now when[F] all of the flower[Em] ladies want[Dm] back what they have[C] lent you [Csus] [C]
  • And the[F] smell of their[Em] roses does[Dm] not re[G]main
    And all of your[C] children[F] start to re[C]sent you [Am]
    [C/g]Won't you come[F/g] see me, Queen Jane?
  • [C]Won't you come[F] see me, Queen[C] Jane?
     
    Now[F] when all the[Em] clowns that[Dm] you have com[C]missioned [Csus] [C]
  • Have[F] died in[Em] battle[Dm] or in[G] vain
    And you're[C] sick of[F] all this repe[C]tition [Am]
    [C/g]Won't you come[F/g] see me, Queen[C] Jane? [F]
  • [C]Won't you come[F] see me, Queen[C] Jane?
     
    When[F]all of your ad[Em]visers[Dm] heave their [C]plastic [Csus] [C]
  • At your[F]feet to[Em] convince you[Dm] of your[G] pain
    Trying to [C]prove that your con[F]clusions should be more[C] drastic [Am]
    [C/g]Won't you come[F/g] see me, Queen[C] Jane? [F]
  • C]Won't you come[F] see me, Queen[C] Jane?
     
    Now when[F] all the[Em] bandits that you[Dm] turned your other[C] cheek to [Csus] [C]
  • All lay[F] down their ban[Em]dana[Dm] and[G] complain
    And you[C] want somebody[F] you don't have to[C] speak to [Am]
    [C/g]Won't you come[F/g] see me, Queen[C]Jane? [F]
  • [C]Won't you come[F] see me, Queen[C] Jane?
     
    Highway 61 Revisited
  • [Capo 1st fret]
    [Just strum each chord one time]
     
  • [A]God said to Abraham "Kill me a son" [A] Abe said "Man,you must be puttin' me on
    [A]God said "No",Abe say "What?"[A] God said "You can do what you want Abe but
    The[D7]next time you see me comin' you better run [A] [A]
  • Oh,[E7]Abe said "Where do you want this kiliin' done?" [A]God said "Out on Highway 61"
     
    Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose,Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes
  • He asked poor Howard "Where can I go?" Howard said "There's only one place I know"
    Sam said"Well,tell me quick man I got to run"
    0l' Howard just pointed with his gun and said "That way down on Highway 61"
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    Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King ,"I got forty red white and blue shoe strings,
    And a thousand telephones that don't ring,do you know where I can get rid of these things?"
  • And Louie the King said "Let me think for a minute son"
    And he said "Yes,I think it can be easily done,just take everything down to Highway 61"
     
  • Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night,told the first father that things weren't right
    "My complexion she said is much too white",He said "Come here and step into the light"
    He says "Hmm you're right",let me tell the second mother this has been done
  • But the second mother was with the seventh son,and they were both out on Highway 61.
     
    Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored,he was tryin' to create a next world war
  • He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor,he said "I never engaged in this kind of thing before,
    But yes I do think it can be very easily done,
    We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun,and have it on Highway 61."
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    Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
     
  • Chords:
    Em/d
    00453
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    Intro:
    Em/d D D C C/g G
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    G C/g
    When you're lost in the rain in Juarez
  • G C/g G C/g G
    And it's Eastertime too
    G C/g
  • And your gravity fails
    G C/g G C/g G
    And negativity don't pull you through
  • C
    Don't put on any airs
    G C/g G
  • When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
    D
    They got some hungry women there
  • G
    And they really make a mess outa you
     
  • Now if you see Saint Annie
    Please tell her thanks a lot
    I cannot move
  • My fingers are all in a knot
    I don't have the strength
    To get up and take another shot
  • And my best friend, my doctor
    Won't even say what it is I've got
     
  • Sweet Melinda
    The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
    She speaks good English
  • And she invites you up into her room
    And you're so kind
    And careful not to go to her too soon
  • And she takes your voice
    And leaves you howling at the moon
     
  • Up on Housing Project Hill
    It's either fortune or fame
    You must pick up one or the other
  • Though neither of them are to be what they claim
    If you're lookin' to get silly
    You better go back to from where you came
  • Because the cops don't need you
    And man they expect the same
     
  • Now all the authorities
    They just stand around and boast
    How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
  • Into leaving his post
    And picking up Angel who
    Just arrived here from the coast
  • Who looked so fine at first
    But left looking just like a ghost
     
  • I started out on burgundy
    But soon hit the harder stuff
    Everybody said they'd stand behind me
  • When the game got rough
    But the joke was on me
    There was nobody even there to call my bluff
  • I'm going back to New York City
    I do believe I've had enough
     
  • Desolation Row
     
    Dropped C tuning (C-A-d-g-b-e')
  • Capo 4th fret
     
    C Csus4 C
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    C F C
  • They're selling postcards of the hanging
    F C
    They're painting the passports brown
  • G
    The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
    F C
  • The circus is in town
    C
    Here comes the blind commissioner
  • F C
    They've got him in a trance
    G
  • One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
    F C
    The other is in his pants
  • F
    And the riot squad they're restless
    C F
  • They need somewhere to go
    C G
    As Lady and I look out tonight
  • F C
    From Desolation Row
     
  • Cinde[C]rella,[F] she seems so[C] easy
    "It[F] takes one to know one," she[C] smiles
    And[G] puts her hands in her back pockets
  • [F]Bette Davis style[C]
    And[C] in comes Romeo, he's moaning
    "You Be[F]long to Me I Be[C]lieve"
  • And [G]someone says," You're in the wrong place, my friend
    [F]You better[C] leave"
    And the[F] only sound that's left
  • [C]After the ambulances[F] go
    Is [C]Cinderella[G] sweeping up
    On[F] Desolation[C] Row
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    Now the[C] moon is[F] almost[C] hidden
    The[F] stars are beginning to[C] hide
  • The[G] fortunetelling lady
    Has even[F] taken all her things in[C]side
    All ex[C]cept for Cain and Abel
  • And the[F] hunchback of Notre[C] Dame
    [G]Everybody is making love
    Or[F] else expecting[C]rain
  • And the[F] Good Samaritan, he's dressing
    He's getting[C] ready for the [F]show
    He's[C] going to the[G] carnival tonight
  • On[F] Desolation[C] Row
     
    Now O[C]phelia,[F] she's 'neath the[C] window
  • For[F]her I feel so af[C]raid
    On her[G] twenty-second birthday
    She al[C]ready is an old[F]maid
  • To[C] her, death is quite romantic
    She[F] wears an iron[C] vest
    Her pro[G]fession's her religion
  • Her[F] sin is her lifeless[C]ness
    And [F]though her eyes are fixed upon
    [C]Noah's great rain[F]bow
  • She[C] spends her time[G] peeking
    Into[F] Desolation[C] Row
     
  • [C]Einstein,[F] disguised as[C] Robin Hood
    With his[F] memories in a[C] trunk
    [G]Passed this way an hour ago
  • With his[F] friend, a jealous[C] monk
    He[C] looked so immaculately frightful
    As he[F] bummed a cigar[C]ette
  • Then he[G] went off sniffing drainpipes
    And re[F]citing the alpha[C]bet
    Now[F] you would not think to look at him
  • But he was[C] famous long a[F]go
    For[C] playing the electric[G] violin
    On[F] Desolation[C] Row
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    Dr.[C] Filth,[F] he keeps his[C] world
    In[F]side of a leather[C] cup
  • But[G] all his sexless patients
    They're[F] trying to blow it[C] up
    Now his[C] nurse, some local loser
  • She's in[F] charge of the cyanide[C] hole
    And sh[G] also keeps the cards that read
    "Have[F] Mercy on His[C] Soul"
  • [F]They all play on penny whistles
    [C]You can hear them[F] blow
    If you[C] lean your head out[G] far enough
  • From[F] Desolation[C] Row
     
    Across the[C] street they've[F] nailed the[C] curtains
  • They're getting[F] ready for the[C] feast
    The [G]Phantom of the Opera
    A [F]perfect image of a[C]priest
  • They're[C] spoonfeeding Casanova
    To[F] get him to feel more as[C]sured
    Then they'll[G] kill him with self-confidence
  • After [F]poisoning him with[C] words
    And the[F] Phantom's shouting to skinny girls
    "Get[C] Outa Here If You Don't[F] Know
  • Casa[C]nova is just being[G] punished for going
    To[F] Desolation[C] Row"
     
  • Now at[C] midnight[F] all the[C] agents
    And the [F]superhuman[C] crew
    Come[G] out and round up everyone
  • That[F] knows more than they[F] do
    Then they[C] bring them to the factory
    Where the[F] heart-attack mac[C]hine
  • Is[G] strapped across their shoulders
    And[F] then the kero[C]sene
    Is[F] brought down from the castles
  • By in[C]surance men who[F] go
    Check to[C] see that nobody is es[G]caping
    To[F] Desolation[C] Row
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    [C]Praise be to[F] Nero's[C] Neptune
    The Ti[F]tanic sails at[C] dawn
  • And[G] everybody's shouting out
    "[F]Which Side Are You[C] On?"
    And[C] Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
  • [F]Fighting in the captain'[C] tower
    While cal[G]ypso singers laugh at them
    And[F]fishermen hold[C] flowers
  • Be[F]tween the windows of the sea
    Where[C] lovely mermaids[F] flow
    And[C] nobody has to[G] think too much
  • About [F]Desolation[C] Row
     
    Yes, I re[C]ceived your[F] letter [C]yesterday
  • About the[F] time the door knob[C] broke
    When you[G] asked how I was doing
    Was [F]that some kind of[C]joke?
  • All these[C] people that you mention
    Yes, I[F] know them, they're quite[C] lame
    I had to[G] rearrange their faces
  • And give them[F] all another[C]name
    [F]Right now I can't read too good
    Don't[C] send me no more letters[F] no
  • [C]Not unless you[G] mail them
    From [F]Desolation[C]Row
  • PLAY TOO ..
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