Blind Willie McTell (Studio Outtake - 1983) Chords

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Seen the arrow _ [Bb] _ on the [Ebm] dapple _ _ _ _ _ _ _ saying this _ [Bb] land is [Db] _ [Ebm] condemned. _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ebm] _ All [Bb] the way [Db] from New _ [Ab] Orleans _ [B] to _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ Jerusalem.
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_ _ I traveled _ [Bb] _
through East [Ebm] Texas _ [Bbm] _ [Ebm]
where _ _ _ _ many [Bb] _
_ martyrs [Ebm] _ fell. _ _
And _ I know [Bb]
no _ [Db] one can sing [Ab] the blues _ [B] like Blind Willie [Db] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ McDonough. _ _
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_ Well [Ebm] I _ heard [Bb] that hoot I [Ebm] sang _ _ as _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] they [Bb] were taking [Ebm] down the _ tents. _
_ _ _ _ The [Bb] stars _ _ [Db] above the _ barren [Ab]
trees _ [B] was his _ only [Db] _
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_ _ _ And _ charcoal [Bb] _ gypsy [Ebm] _ _ _ maidens _ _ _ _ can strut [Bb] their feathers _ [Ebm] _ well. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But [Bb] nobody _ [Db] can sing the _ [Ab] _
blues _ [B] like Blind [Db] Willie _ _ _ [Ebm] McDonough. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ See [Bb] them big _ [Ebm] plantations burning, _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ hear [Bb] the cracking [Db] of [Ebm] the whips.
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_ _ _ _ Smell that [Bb] sweet _ magnolia [Db] blooming, _ _ [Ab] _
_ see [B] the ghost _ _ [Db] _
of [Ebm] slavery's tear. _ _ _
_ _ I can hear them [Bb] _
_ tribes [Ebm] moaning, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hear [Bb] that _ _ [Ebm] undertaker's bell. _ _
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Nobody _ [Db] can sing the blues [Ab] _
_ _ _ [B] _ like _ [Db]
Blind Willie _ [Ebm] _ _ _ McDonough.
_ _ 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, [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [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 know [Bb] no _ _ [Db] one can sing the [Ab] _
_ _ [B] blues like Blind [Db]
Willie _ _ [Ebm] _ _ McDonough. _
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_ _ _ Well God _ [Bb] is in his heaven [Ebm] _ _ _
and _ _ _ _ _ we [Bb] all want [Ab] what's [Ebm] his. _
_ But _ _ _ _ power [Bb] and greed [Db] and _ corruptible _ [Ab] _ sin _ [B] seem to [Db] be all that there [Ebm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I'm gazing [Bb] out the [Eb] window [Ebm] _ _
_ of _ _ _ _ the [Bb] St.
James _ [Ebm] Hotel. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And I know [Bb] no _ _ [Db] one can sing [Ab] the _ _ [B] blues like [Db] Blind Willie _ _ [Ebm] _ _
McDonough. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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