Chords for Blind Willie McTell

[F] All right, we're gonna do that.
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three, four.
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_ [Cm] I [Fm] _ _ see [C] the arrow on the dawn [F] pole, _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Fm] saying this [C] land is [F] condemned.
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_ _ _ _ All the [Em] way _ [C] from _ [Eb] _ New [Bb] Orleans _ to [Db] _ _ _
[Eb] New Jerusalem.
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[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] Well, I travel, _ [C] _ _ travel through East [F] Texas, _ [G] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] where many martyrs fell.
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And I know [C] one thing _ _ _
[Eb] _ nobody can [Bb] say, _ [Db] the blues like [Eb] _ Lanny _ [F] McHale.
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[Bb] _ [Fm] I heard that root [C] _ howl, singing, _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ as they [C] were digging down the [F] dumps.
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_ _ _ The stars [C] above _ _ [Eb] the barren [Dm] trees, _ _ [Db] _ was his [Eb] only audience.
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ And [C] charcoal-gifted [Fm] needles, _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] can strut their feathers [Fm] well.
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_ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] And I know one [C]
thing _ _ [Eb] _ _ nobody [Bb] can say, _ _ [Db] the blues [Eb] like Lanny _ [F] McHale.
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_ _ [Fm] There's _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ a woman [C]
by the river, [F] _ _ [Fm] _ [G] _ [Ab] _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ with a [C]
fine young handsome [F] man.
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_ _ _ _ He's dressed [E] up like a [Eb] squire, _ _ [Bb] _
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[Eb] bootleg whiskey in his [F] hand.
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_ _ I can hear _ [C] _
his imprimed [F] saloon [Fm] hand. _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] I can hear him [C] undertaking _ [Fm] spells. _ _
And _ _ _ I know [C] one thing _ _ [Eb] _ _ nobody can [Bb] _ say, [Db] the blues _ [Eb]
like Lanny [F] _ McHale.
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] God is in his heaven, _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ and we all [C] want what he [F] is.
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_ _ _ _ But found [E] in greed, _ _ [Eb] _ _ incorruptible [Bb]
seed, _ _ [Db] _ _ seemed to [Eb] be all that [Fm] there is. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ I'm [C]
gazing out the [F] window, _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ of the [C]
St.
James's [Fm] Hill.
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] And I know [C] one thing _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] nobody can say, _ _ [Db] _ the [Eb] blues like Lanny _ [F] McHale. _ _ _
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