Chords for Mean Mary - Sweet Jezebel

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[Eb] In Louisiana where it's warm as the land, where cotton falls like [Abm] snow, _ [Eb] where alligators
swing, [Abm] mosquitoes drink, and wild things love to grow. _ _
It was past midnight, I had one [Db] headlight and my gas [Dbm] pedal on the floor.
I [Eb] started watching clocks and digging hard knocks [E] and [Eb] locking my dreams in a drawer. _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] Up [Abm] ahead in the night the deer took [Dbm] flight as the warm rain started to fall.
Heard [Abm] my tire squeal as I jerked the wheel and [Dbm] drove straight into an oak [Abm] tree wall.
_ My head in a daze, I escaped through a maze [Dbm] of busted steel and glass.
[Abm] _ Still plenty holes with holes in the [Db] toes, I started running [Eb] through the tall [Abm] wood grass. _ _ _
I [E] saw a house all [Eb] alone, as bare as a [Dbm] bone, that someone had [Abm] thrown it away. _
[E] It reeked of smoke [Eb] and I'm glad the [Dbm] choked memories were [Eb] bad today. _
[E] I stood at the door, [Gb] soaked to my core, [Abm] and feeling [E] just a little _ insane.
When the door opened wide, a man stood [Eb] inside and said,
Coming out of the rain, _ _ coming out [Abm] of the rain.
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_ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] His eyes were dark like the eyes of a shark and his face was neither young nor [E] old.
_ [Eb] I paused for a beat before moving my feet and crossing that wide [Abm] threshold.
[Ebm] It was a summer night and a fire burning bright, but [Dbm] I began to shiver and shake.
He [Eb] gave me a cold, fur-rased mountain mule [E] and a [Eb] plateful of devil's food shake. _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] He sat down on a chair, locked a line in his [Dbm] lair, and lit up a thin cigar. _ _
[Abm] With an air of conceit, reached down by his [Dbm] feet and picked [Eb] up a red [Abm] guitar. _
He ran his hands down the strings like his fingers were [Dbm] wings and a strange silence fell. _
[Abm] He said, This is my story, my life, and my [Db] glory, oh, this [Eb] is my [Abm] sweet Jezebel.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Jezebel was [Eb] slim with a beanie trim [Db] and I [Dbm] stared in [Abm] wonder and awe.
_ [E] Her neck was delayed [Eb] with pearl and [Dbm] jade and I couldn't find [Eb] one single flaw.
_ [E] I started to play, [Gb] I started to pray [Abm] as that fire burned hotter than hell.
[E] And I could feel a hole burning clear through my soul [Eb] as I listened to sweet Jezebel.
_ I listened to sweet [Abm] [E] Jezebel.
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_ _ _ _ She sang about the sin that place she'd been [Dbm] and I found myself lost in her spell.
_ _ [Abm] Murder and lies, deceit and disguise [Dbm] was a song of [Abm] sweet _ Jezebel.
Like a siren of the sea, she sang it to me [Dbm] and each note was calling my name.
[Abm] And the harder I fought, the closer I got, [Dbm] standing [Eb] in that red [Abm]-hot flame. _ _ _ _
[E] A faint morning [Eb] glow through a dusty window [Db] washed [Dbm] over me [Abm] like a flood. _
[E] And the song of a [Eb] sparrow came straight as an [Db] arrow through that [Dbm] guitar red [Eb] as blood. _
[E] There was fear and surprise [Gb] in those cold shark eyes [Abm] as I reached [E] for sweet [Ab] _ [E] Jezebel.
And the flames leapt higher as straight in the fire [Eb] I threw that guitar back to hell. _
I threw that guitar back to hell.
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_ _ _ _ And a holy scream cut through my dream and I woke with my head on the dash.
I carouseled of smoke from the rain that had choked the fire that flamed from the crash.
_ [Abm] I jumped from my seat [Ebm] away from that heat [Dbm] and kneeled on that rain [Db]-soaked ground.
_ _ [Ab] I prayed till I cried till the fear in me died [E] and on that [Eb] lonely road I was found.
_ Well, _ _ _ never [Ebm] again will I be [B] taken in [Dbm] by the stranger in the night. _
[Abm] I take a pipe, an arrow, and the song of a sparrow [Dbm] leads me straight [Eb] into the arms [Abm] of light. _
[E] But sometimes in the dark [Gb] I see the eyes of a shark [Abm] and I'm lost in a dream for a spell.
[E] _ Before I can wake I eat devil's food [Eb] cake and hear again sweet Jezebel. _
_ I hear again [Abm] sweet _ [E] Jezebel.
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