Chords for Ambulance Blues

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Back in the old folky [Eb] day _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] The air was [Dm] magic when we [C] played _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] The riverboat was rocking in [Eb] the rain _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Midnight was [D] the time for [C] the rain. _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Oh _ _ Isabella
_ _ _ Proud Isabella
_ _ [G] _ They tore you down
_ [G] _ _ And plowed you _ _ [Am] under
_ You're only real
with [Bb] your makeup on
_ _ _ _ [F] _ How could I see you _ [C] _ _ stay too long
_ [Bb] all along the Navajo _ [Eb] Trail _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ Burnouts stubbed [D] their toes on [C] garbage pails _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Waitresses are crying in the [Eb] rain _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Will a [F] boyfriend [Dm] pass this [C] way again? _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ old mother _
_ _ _ _ She's on the skids
_ _ [G] _ She ain't happy
_ _ Neither are the [D]
kids
_ [F] _ [Am] _ She needs someone
_ _ [Bb] _ _ That she can scream at
[F] _ _ And I'm such a heel
_ [C] _ For making her feel so [G] bad.
[Bb] _ I
Guess I'll call it sickness [Eb] gone
It's _
_ _ [G] _ _ hard to say [Dm] the meaning [C] of this song _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ An ambulance can only go [Eb] so fast _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ It's easy to get buried in the [C] past
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[F] _ _ [Bb] _ you try to make the good [Eb] thing last _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ Saw today _ _ in the entertainment section
_ _ [Gm] _ There's room at the top
_ _ _ for [G] private detection
_ _ [Am] _ The mom and _ dad
_ [Bb] This just doesn't matter
_ _ [F] _ But it's either that _
_ _ [C] _ Or pay off the kidnapper
_ [Bb] _ So all you critics sit alone _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ You're no better than [Dm] me for what [C] you've shown _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ With your stomach pump [Dm] and your hook and [Eb] ladder dreams _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] We could get [Dm] together for [C] some seeds _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ Well, I'm up in to
_ _ _ _ Keeping jive alive _ [Gm] and _ out on the corner
_ _ [G] _ It's half past five
[A] _ _ [Am] _ But the subways are empty _ _ [Bb] and so are the cafes
_ [F] _ _ Except for the farmers market _ [C] and I still can hear him say
_ _ [Bb] _ You're all just pissing in the wind
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_ _ [G] _ _ You [D] don't know it, [Dm] but [C] you are _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ and there ain't nothing
_ [Eb] friend _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] Who can tell [D] you you're just [Dm] pissing in the [C] wind? _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F] _ I
Never knew a man
_ _ Could tell so many lies
_ [Gm] _ He had a different _ story
_ _ For every set of eyes
_ _ _ [Am] How can he _ remember
_ [Bb] _ Who he's talking to
_ [F] _ Cuz I know it ain't me _ [C] and I hope it isn't you
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