Kentucky Avenue Chords by Tom Waits

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_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ Eddie Grace's Buick, _ [A] _ _ [D] got four bullet holes in the side.
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_ _ [A] Charlie Delisle is sitting at the top _ _ _ [Bm] of an [D] avocado tree.
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_ Mrs.
[A] Storm will stab you with a steak knife _ if [D] you step on her lawn.
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I [A] got a half a pack of Lucky Strikes, man, [Bm] so come [D] along with _ [E]
me.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Let's fill our [A] pockets _ _ _ [D] with _ _ macadamia nuts _
and [C#m] [A] go over to Bobby Goodman's _ and [Bm] _ John Paul _ [E] _ Ford's.
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_ [A] We'll play street poker _ _ while _ [D] the mamas cross the street.
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Joey Nevinski [A] says she put her [Bm]
tongue _ in his [E] mouth. _
_ _ _ _ [A] Diggy Faulkner's got a _ switchblade.
_ _ _ [D] Some gooseneck _ [C#] rises, _ _ _
[F#m] and you can lift it.
[B] The _ hunchback _ [Bm] is a wind out from the [E] south.
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So let me tie you up with kite string.
[A] _ [D] I'll show you the scabs on my knee.
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Watch out for the broken glass.
_ [E] Put your shoes and [Bm] socks on [D] and come along with [E] _
me.
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] Let's follow that fire [A] truck. _ _
[D] I think your house is burning down. _ _
_ _ [C#m] Then [A] go down to the hobo jungle.
_ _ _ [Bm] Kill some _ rattlesnakes with a [E] _ _ _ [C#m] trowel.
[E] _ [C#m] Then we'll _ break our _ windows _ [A] _ _ [D] in the old Anderson place.
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_ We'll [A] steal a bunch of boys and [C#m] pass.
_ _ [D] We'll smear them all on [E] your face.
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] I'll get a dollar from my mama's purse.
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[D] _ Buy that skull and crossbones ring.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] You can wear it around your neck _ _ _ [Bm]
on an [D] old piece [E] of string.
_ _ _ [A] Then we'll spit on [C#m] Ronnie _ Arnold.
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Flip him to _ bird. _ _
_ [C#m] _ [A] Slash the tires on the school bus.
_ _ [Bm] Now don't say a [E] word.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] [C#m] I'll take a rusty _ nail. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] Scratch your initials in my arm.
[G#] _ _ [C#m] I'll show you how to sneak up on [A] the roof _ of [D] the _ drugstore.
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_ _ [C#m] _ [G#] I'll [A] take the _ spokes from [C#m] your wheelchair.
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_ [D] _ And the _ magpie's _ wings.
_ _ [A] And I'll tie them to your _ _ shoulders _ _ [D] _ and your [E] feet.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] I'll [A] steal a hacksaw from Alladin. _
_ _ [D] Cut the braces off your legs.
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We'll [A] bury them tonight _ _ out [D] in the _ _ _ _ [E] cornfield.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] [A] Just put a church key in your [C#m] pocket.
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_ _ _ [D] We'll hop that freight train in the _ hall. _ _ _
[A] We'll slide all the way down the drain.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ To _ _ _ _ [E] New Orleans _ _ _ in [C#m] the _ [A]
fall.
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