Chords for The Dream Syndicate ''Merrittville''

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_ _ _ [E] Matthew the pug nose caught me with his [Em] sister in [C] the wheat field. _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Got a couple buddies, tied [E] me up and threw me in the [C] Oldsmobile.
I said, [D] Matthew, are you crazy?
And we started closing [C]
for the _ _ year.
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Matthew smoked the old ten, [C] letting it die [E] in Merrittville.
_ _ [G] _ There's game [E] they play [A] in [D] the summertime. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ There's [E] game they play [A] when [D] it's hot outside.
And I [C] wonder why _ _ they left me here _ [E] in Merrittville. _ _
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_ _ Old [E] Sally with the narrow hips cut the ropes and said that she would [C] clear my head.
_ _ She [E] made a dirt path in the back, led me all the way to her [C] daddy's shed.
[D] I said, Sally, who'd believe that we'd have to come [C] so far for a thing?
_ _ _ _ [E] Sally let me go that night.
[C] We tied Spence [E] in Merrittville.
_ _ [G] _ There's [E] game they play in [D] the summertime. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ There's game [E] they play [A] when [D] it's hot outside.
And I [C] wonder _ why _ _ they left me here _ [E] in Merrittville. _ _
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I'm a little bit of a crybaby.
I'm a little bit of a crybaby.
I'm a little bit of a crybaby.
I'm a little bit of a crybaby.
I'm [Em] _ _ a little bit _ _ [C] of a crybaby. _ _
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_ I'm [C] a little bit of a crybaby. _ _ _
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I went _ _ [E] with the holy book, started as I stumbled [C] down the road today. _
[E] He said, get on your knees, _ boy, [C] you're gonna learn to pray.
[D] I said, William, I had no idea that the Lord had [C] such a will.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] William put his coin across, [C] left me in a burning [Em] mess.
_ _ [G] _ There's a [Em] game they play in [D] the summertime. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ There's a game [Em] they play when it's [D] hot outside.
And I [C] wonder, _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ there's a game they [E] play [D] in the summertime.
They _ _ say, [G] get this game [E] they play when [D] it's hot outside.
And I [C] wonder why. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ And I wonder why. _
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