Chords for Richard Thompson - Sam Jones

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The name is Sam Jones and it's bums me occupation
[D] Shakira talks out for my consideration
[B] Thirty years a bum man, up and down the nation
[D] Sam [A] Jones delivered [B] them bums _
_ _ _ _ I've been among the shamrock and I've been among the third [D] cell
Like a tar picked over, clean as a [B] whistle
No sign of meat on, no sign of [D] gristle
Sam Jones [A] delivered [B] them _ bums
[Em] I've seen _ battlefields, white with human ivory
[B] Noble dukes and princes, stripped of flesh and [Em] finery
When the crows are done at your place, they say, that's the time [G] for me
Sam Jones delivered [F#] them bums
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_ And I even dream of bones when I'm lying very [D] ill
Rooms full of skeletons, I dance in the [B] quadrille
Rows and rows of skulls, singing blueberry hail
[D] Sam [A] Jones delivered [B] them _ bums
And if you're unburied, the likes of me will find [D] you
You're no good to worms, but you might become the finest [B] glue
We'll grind you up, spread you out, as fertilizer [D] too
Sam [A] Jones delivered [B] them _ bums
[Em] And I wouldn't get a lorry, it's me old bone [B] shaker
With all those old knuckle joints, I'll be the undertaker
[Em] I'll control and roam, just like the butcher and the baker
[G] Sam Jones delivered [F#] them bums
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The name is Sam Jones and it's bones me occupation
[D] Chucking your old rocks out for my _ consideration
[B] Thirty years of bone man, up and down the nation
[D] Sam Jones [A] delivered [B] them bums
[D] Oh, Sam [A] Jones delivered [B] them bums
_ [D] Sam Jones [A] delivered [G] them bums _
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