Desolation Row Chords by Chris Smither

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They're selling postcards of the hanging, _ _
[Db] [Bbm] they're [Db] painting [Ab] passports brown. _ _
[Eb] The beauty parlor is all filled with sailors, you know [Db] the circus is in town.
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[Ab] Here comes the blind [Ab] commissioner, _ _ _
[Db] _ they've [Ab] got him in a trance. _
[Eb] One hand is tied to the tightrope walker, you [Db] know the other one is [Ab] in his pants. _ _
[Db] And the riot squad, they're restless, _ [Ab] they need [Db] [Ab] something [Db] to go. _ _
[Ab] There's Lady Nye looking [Db] out tonight _
[Ab] on [Db] Desolation [Ab] Row. _ _
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Albert [Eb] Einstein [Ab] disguised as Robin Hood. _ _
[Db] _ There's memories [Ab] in a trunk _ _
[Eb] passed this way just an hour ago with [Db] his friend.
A [Ab] jealous monk, _ _ [Db] _
[Ab] he looked immaculately [Db] frightful.
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[Db] _ He bombed a [Ab] cigarette, _ _ [Eb] he went off [Cm] sniffing [Eb] drainpipes.
_ He [Db] was reciting the alphabet.
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[Db] You would not think just to look at him that [Ab] he was famous long [Db] ago. _
[Ab] For playing the electric _ violin on _ [Db] Desolation [Ab] Row. _ _
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Ophelia, she's neat the window, _ _
[Db] for her I feel so [Ab] afraid.
_ On [Eb] her 22nd birthday, _ _ yes [Db] already she is an old lady.
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Now here comes Romeo and he's moaning, _ [Db] you belong to [Ab] me I believe.
_ And [Eb] then someone says, you're in the wrong place my friend, [Db] you better leave.
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They all play on the penny whistle, _ _
[Ab] you can hear them [Db] blow. _ _
[Ab] If you lean your head out far [Db] enough, _ _
[Ab] then [Db] Desolation [Ab] Row. _ _
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Cinderella, she looks so easy, _ _
[Db] takes one to know one she [Ab] smiles. _ _
[Eb] She sticks her hand in her back pocket, _ _ _
[Db] _ very Danish style.
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To her death is quite romantic, _ _ _
[Db] _ she [Ab] wears an iron vest. _ _
[Eb] Her profession is her religion, _ you [Db] know her sin is her lifelessness.
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[Db] And the only sound that you can hear _
[Ab] after the ambulance [Db] is gone. _ _
[Ab] Is Cinderella [Db] sweeping up _
[Ab] on [Db] Desolation [Ab] Row. _ _
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Yeah you know I got your letter yesterday, _ _ _
[Db] about the time the door now [Ab] broke. _ _
[Eb] You asked me how I [Ab] was [Eb] doing, _ _ _
[Db] _ that's some kind of [Ab] joke. _ _ _
_ All these people that you mentioned, [Db] yes I know them, they're [Ab] quite lame. _ _
[Eb] I had to rearrange their faces, _ _ and [Db] I gave them all another name.
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[Db] _ _ [Bbm] Right now I don't feel [Db] too good, _
[Bbm] [Ab] don't send me no more letters no [Db] more. _ _
_ [Ab] _ Not unless you [Db] mail them [Ab] from _ _ _ [Db] Desolation [Ab] Row. _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ Right _ [Db] _ _ now I don't feel too good, [Ab] don't send me no more letters [Db] no more. _
_ [Ab] _ Not unless you mail [Db] them from [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] [Ab] Desolation Row.
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