Chords for Chris Whitley Poison Girl on the Tonight Show

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Rolling Stone Magazine voted Chris Whitley's debut album, Living With The Law, the best new album of 1991.
He begins an eight-week tour this month and will be in Boston at My Old Stomping Grounds,
the Paradise Theater on March 24th, and in New York City at the Marquee on March 31st.
This is his very first appearance on The Tonight Show.
Please welcome Chris Whitley. Okay.
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[G] I've been waiting to tell her why she's gone [A] and bound [E] for a ride, yeah.
[G] I've been waiting to tell her [A] why she's got some [A]
trick up her sleeve.
[C] [F#m] Well, [E] I stood here burning my hour, yeah.
The pentagon lifts so [Em] we can hold [B] our poison, [E] girl, look out.
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[G] There's a place that I know anybody [A] can go, [E] for it's right there.
There's [G] a place that I know you can keep your soul up [Am] on ice.
[C] [F#m] Well, [E] listen, what is your hurry?
I don't know what I've done for [F#] that poison, [B] girl.
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Poison, girl.
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[B] Woo-woo, little girl.
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I think you knocked the baby into early labor there.
Good job there.
Didn't you used to race motorcycles?
[A#] Yeah, I did.
I thought you looked familiar.
A long time ago.
Yeah, but [Em] terrific.
Congratulations on the Rolling Stone.
Thanks.
Best album, 1991.
Live [F] with the law.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Rolling Stone Magazine voted Chris Whitley's debut album, Living With The Law, the best new album of 1991.
He begins an eight-week tour this month and will be in Boston at My Old Stomping Grounds,
the Paradise Theater on March 24th, and in New York City at the Marquee on March 31st.
This is his very first appearance on The Tonight Show.
Please welcome Chris Whitley. Okay. _ _ _
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[G] I've been waiting to tell her why she's gone [A] and bound [E] for a ride, yeah. _ _
[G] I've been waiting to tell her [A] why she's got some [A]
trick up her sleeve.
[C] _ _ _ [F#m] Well, [E] I stood here burning my hour, yeah.
_ The pentagon lifts so [Em] we can hold [B] our _ _ _ _ _ poison, [E] girl, look out.
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[G] There's a place that I know anybody [A] can go, [E] for it's right there. _ _
There's [G] a place that I know you can keep your soul up [Am] on ice.
[C] _ _ _ [F#m] Well, _ [E] _ listen, what is your hurry? _
I don't know what I've done for [F#] that poison, [B] girl.
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Poison, girl.
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[B] Woo-woo, _ _ little girl. _
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_ I think _ you knocked the baby into early labor there.
Good job there.
_ Didn't you used to race motorcycles?
[A#] Yeah, I did.
I thought you looked familiar.
A long time ago.
Yeah, but [Em] terrific.
Congratulations on the Rolling Stone.
Thanks.
Best album, 1991.
Live [F] with the law.

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