Phone Call From Leavenworth Chords by Chris Whitley

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_ _ _ _ Probably go mad all [A] by _ [G] _ [D] myself.
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_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ Now I really need somebody.
_ Said I really need _ somebody's help, yeah.
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_ Why does a [Em] man up in the judgment chair
Got [F#] his ass, God's right arm, and some [D] double [B] pair?
All right.
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Walking the frozen _ line,
The western wind to be [B] hailing _ [D] rain.
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_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ Way back in New York this morning,
There ain't no one there who ever gonna [E] remember my _ [D]
name.
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_ _ _ Now when the [Em] sun comes up, Mama, you should know,
Now [F#] I just don't [A] care no more. All right.
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Three o'clock this morning, _
I thought I saw Jesus _ [E] _
[D] coming down.
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[D] He came to the concrete, [Dm] baby, _
Came to the [Em] walls without no sound.
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] I said [Em] concrete wall, that ain't no clay high.
[F#] Closed my [A] eyes, watched him slip away.
[D] All right.
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[D] They look at you sideways, _ _
They call no man by [A] his Christian [D] name.
_ _ [A] _ _ National Barney.
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[D] All you got is your backbone to lean on.
You can expect no help from [A] your [D] brain.
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ Now [E] when a man [Em] wants reason, he best be willing to pay.
I'm down [F#] in Leavenworth Prison [A] now, and I do [B] not count no [G] days.
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[Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ I said [E] when a man wants reason, he best be willing to pay. _
Down in Leavenworth [A] Prison now, and I do [B] not count no [D] days.
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[D] _ Phone [A] call from _ Leavenworth.
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Phone call from [A] Leavenworth. _ _ _
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