Chords for HOUNDMOUTH // Under the Marquee

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] This is Houndmouth, this is Under the [C] Marquis.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ knew a girl who was almost a lady.
_ [A] _ [F] She had a way with all the men in [C] her life.
[A] _ [G] And every inch of her blossom and beauty, _ _ [F] she was born on the 4th [C] of July. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She lived in an aluminum house trailer, _ [F] and she worked in the [C] jukebox saloon.
She _ [G] spent all the money that I give her _ [F] just to see the old man [C] in her. _
[A] _ [C] I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory _ _ [F] and awake in the dawn's [C] early light.
[C] But [F] much to my surprise, [C] when I opened my eyes, [G] I was the victim of the great [C] compromise. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'd go out on Saturday evening _ _ [F] to the driving on Route [C] 41.
But the woman was _ [G]
there that I first suspected. _ _
[F] She was doing what she'd already [C] done. _
_ _ _ She _ said, Johnny, won't you get me some popcorn?
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[F] And she knew I had to walk [C] pretty far. _
_ [G] As soon as I passed through the moonlight, _ _ [F] she hopped into a foreign [C] sports car.
_ I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory [G] _ _ [F] and awake in the dawn's [C] early light.
But [F] much to my surprise, [C] when I opened my eyes, [G] I was the victim of the great [C] compromise. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, you know, I could have beat up that fella. _ _ _
[F] But it was her that had jumped into his [C] car. _ _
_ _ [G] Many times I fought to protect her.
_ _ _ [F] This time, she'd gone [C] too far. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Some folks call me a coward.
_ _ _ [F] Because I left her at the drive [C]-in that night.
But _ [G] I'd rather have names thrown at me _ _ _ [F] than to fight for a thing [C] that ain't right. _ _
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory _ _ [F] and awake in the [C] dawn's early light.
But [F] much to my surprise, when I opened my eyes, [G] I was the victim of the great [C] compromise. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ She writes all the fellas love letters, _ [F] saying, greetings, come and see me [C] real soon.
I _ _ _ [G]
go and line up in the borough, _ [F] spend the night in that sick [C] woman's room. _
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Sometimes I get awful lonesome, _ _
[F] and I wish she was my [C] girl instead. _
_ [G] But she won't let me live with her, _ _ [F] and she makes me live [C] in the night.
_ _ I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory _ _ [F] and awake in the dawn's [C] early light. _
But [F] much to my surprise, [C] when I opened my eyes, [G] I was the victim of [C] the great compromise.
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