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Deep elm (you tell 'em i'm blue) Chords

Music by: Willard Robison
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[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][Eb][D][A][Eb][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]You've
heard them sing about
B [G].U .C. way [D]down in
Memphis,
[Eb]Tenn[D]essee.
[G]You've heard [D]them say that
Broadway [G]was the [E]only [G]place [D]to be I w[A]on'[D]t take
excep[G]tion [D]to [Eb]tell you about a place [D]I've found
Not [Eb]just a street where
they don't cheat
[B]Down [G]in
[D]Dallas [A]town[D]
The bellum [G]you tell them [D]I'm blue
[G]All the time that,
that I'm away [A]from [D]you[Eb][D][Eb][D][Eb]
For [D]I can see my used -to -be
One sweet woman who cares for me
Waitin' [E]for some [D]news,
[F]jus[A]t any old thi[G]ng to cure deep
[D]L .M. blu[A]es. I'v[D]e m[Eb]ade up my[D] mind[G]
that [Eb]I'll go [D]back [G]home in
[Ab]Dallas. [G]I'll never roam no mor[F#]e.
I've [G]been around [B]more [G]than I should, I've never [E]done nothing to do me no good, [D]so I'm [Eb]catc[D]hing a rattler[G] today,
[D]hey, hey, hey, hey[G], to [D]keep d[F]eep e[E]lm blues[D] awa[A]y.[D]

[Interlude 1]
[A][D][Eb][D][G][D][Eb][D][G][D][A]
[D][A][D][E]
[A][D]

[Verse 2]
I'm [D]catching a [G]rat [D]today.[Eb][D]
[G]Back home in
Dallas, I'm sure I'm headed that way
[F#]Now I've been around
[B]more [G]tha[F#]n I should
[B]An [D]d I[E] never done nothing to do me no good,
so [D]I'm [G]catching a rattler [D]today
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
[B]to kee[E]p the yellow blu[A]es awa[D]y.

[Outro 1]
[G][D][G][D]
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