Clay Pigeons Chords by John Prine

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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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_ _ _ _ I'm going down to the greenhouse station, _ gonna [Eb] buy a ticket to ride.
_ _ _ I'm [Bb] gonna find that lady with two or three kids and [F] sit down by her side.
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Ride till the sun comes up and down round about [Eb]
two or three times.
_ _ _ [Bb] Smoking cigarettes in the last seat.
_ [F] Sing the song for the people to meet.
_ [Bb] And get along with it all.
_ _ [Eb] Where the people say y'all.
_ _ _ Sing a [Bb] song with a friend.
_ _ _ [F] Change the shape of their men.
_ _ _ And [Bb] get back in the [Eb] game and start playing again.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
I'd like to stay but I might have to go to [Eb] start over again.
_ _ _ [Gm] I [Bb] might go back down to Texas or go to somewhere [F] that I've never been.
_ _ _ And [Bb] get up in the morning and go out at night and [Eb] I won't have to go home.
_ _ Get [Bb] used to being alone.
_ _ _ [F] Change the words to this song.
_ _ And [Bb] start singing again. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ I'm tired of running around looking for answers to questions [Gm] that I already know.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] I could build me a castle with memories just to [F] have somewhere to go.
_ _ _ [Bb] Count the days and the nights that it takes to get back [Eb] in the saddle again.
_ _ _ [Bb] Feed the pigeons some clay.
_ _ _ [F] Turn the night into day.
_ _ And [Bb] start talking again.
[Eb] We don't know what to say.
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ I'm going down to the greenhouse station.
Going to buy a ticket to ride.
_ [Eb] _ I'm [Bb] going to find that lady with two or three kids and [F] sit down by her side.
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Ride till the sun comes up and down around [Eb] about two or three times.
_ _ [Bb] Smoking cigarettes in her last seat.
_ [F] Sing a song for the people to meet.
_ [Bb] And get along with it all.
_ _ _ [Eb] Where the people say all.
_ _ [Bb] Feed the pigeons some clay.
_ _ _ [F] Turn the night into day.
_ _ _ [Bb] And start talking again.
[Eb] We don't know what to say.
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