Subterranean Homesick Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[A]Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
[A]I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The [A]man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
[A]Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
[D]Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
[A]God knows when
But you're doing it again
You better [A]duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
A [E]man in the coonskin cap, in the pig pen
Wants e[A]leven dollar bills, you only got ten

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
[A]Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
[A]Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The [A]phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They [A]must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
[D]Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
[A]Walk on your tip toes
Don't tie no bows
[A]Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
[E]Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You [A]don't need a weather man

[Interlude 2]
To know which way the wind blows
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[Verse 3]
Oh, [A]get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
[A]Hang bail, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
[A]Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
[A]Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
[D]Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But [A]losers, cheaters
Six-time users
[A]Hang around the theaters
[E]Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
[A]Don't follow leaders,

[Interlude 3]
watch the parkin' meters
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[Verse 4]
Oh, [A]get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance
[A]Learn to dance, get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a [A]success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
[A]Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they [A]put you on the day shift
[D]Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better [A]jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
[A]Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
[E]Don't want to be a bum
You better chew gum
The [A]pump don't work

[Outro 1]
'Cause the vandals took the handles
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[Fade out]