Chords for Blind Willie McTell (Studio Outtake - 1983)

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_ Seen _ _ [Eb] _
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the arrow _ [Bb] on the [Ebm] dark _ post _ _ _ saying this _ [Bb] land is [Ebm] condemned. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] All [Bb] the way [Db] from New [Ab] Orleans to [B] _ _ _ [Db] _
Jerusalem.
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_ I traveled _ [Bb] _
through [Ebm] East Texas _ where _ _ _ [Bb] many _ [Ebm] martyrs fell. _
And I know [Bb]
no _ [Db] one sang [Ab] the blues _ [B] like Blind [Db] Willie _ [Ebm] Macdown. _ _ _
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_ [Ebm] Well I heard [Bb] that hoedown [Ebm] singing _ as _ _ [Eb] _ they [Bb] were taking [Ebm] down the tents. _
_ _ _ The stars [Bb] _ [Db] above the barren [Ab]
trees [B] were his _ [Db] only _ audience.
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_ _ Then charcoal gypsy _ maidens _ _ _ _ can strut [Bb] their feathers [Ebm] _ well. _
_ _ _ But [Bb] nobody [Db] can sing the [Ab]
blues _ [B] like Blind [Db] Willie _ _ [Ebm] Macdown. _ _
See _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] them big [Ebm] plantations burning.
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_ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] Hear the cracking [Ebm] of the whips. _ _
_ _ _ Smell [Bb] that sweet _ [Db] magnolia blooming.
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See [B] the ghost [Db] of _ [Ebm] slavery's shield. _ _
_ I can hear them [Bb] _
tribes [Ebm] moaning. _ _
_ _ _ Hear [Bb] that _ [Ebm] undertaker's bell. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Nobody _ [Db] can sing the [Ab] blues _ _ [B] _ like [Db]
Blind Willie [Ebm] Macdown. _ _
_ There's a woman [Bb]
by the [Ebm] river _ _ with _ _ _ [Bb] some fine young [Ebm] handsome man. _
_ _ He's dressed [Bb] up like a squire.
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_ _ [B] _ _ [Db] Bootleg whiskey in his [Ebm] hand. _ _
_ There's a chain [Bb]
gang on the [Ebm] highway. _ _
_ _ I can [Bb] hear them rebels [Ebm] yell. _ _ _
_ _ And I [Bb] know no _ [Db] one can sing [Ab] the _ [B] blues like Blind [Db] Willie _ _ [Ebm] Macdown. _
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_ _ _ God [Bb] is in his heavens [Ebm] _ _
and _ _ _ we [Bb] all want what's his. _
_ _ _ _ But power [Bb] and greed [Db] and corruptible _ [Ab] seed [B] seem to be all that there [Ebm] is.
_ _ _ _ I'm gazing [Bb] out the window [Ebm] _ _
of _ _ _ the St.
[Bb] James _ Hotel.
_ _ _ _ And I know [Bb] no one [Db] can sing the [Ab] blues _ [B] like Blind [Db] Willie _ _ [Ebm] Macdown.
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