The Legend Of Andrew Mccrew Chords by Don Mclean

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_ _ [F] There was a mummy at [Am] the fair, [Bb] all crumpled in a folding [F] chair.
_ [Am] The people passed but [Dm] didn't care, [G] that the mummy [C] was a man.
[G] So tell me if [C] you can. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Who [Gm] are you?
_ [F] Who [Gm] are you?
[F] Where have you [Gm] been?
Where are [G] you going [C] to?
[F] Well Andrew [Am] McCrew [Bb] must have lost [Bbm] his way,
cause though he died long [G] ago, he was buried [C] today.
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[Gm] _ _ [F] Down [Gm] on [F] Nightmare [Gm] Alley, where the shady [C] people sway,
a _ [F] hobo [Gm] came a [F]
-hikin' [Gm] on [G] a salty summer [C]
day.
Well he [F] hopped a [Gm] freight in [F]
Dallas, [Gm] and [G] he rode it out of sight.
_ But on a [F] turn he [Am] slipped, and he [Bb] lost [Bbm] his grip, and he [F] fell [C] into the night.
_ Oh, who are [Gm] you?
[F] Who [G] are you?
[F] Where have [Gm] you been?
Where are [G] you going [C] to?
[F] Well Andrew [Am] McCrew must [Bb] have lost his [Bbm] way,
cause though [F] he died [G] long ago, he [C] was buried today. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] Well Andrew [Gm] had one [F] leg [Gm] of wood, the other leg [C] was small.
And [F] when he fell [Gm] off of [F] the train [Gm] that night, he found he [G] had no [C] legs at all.
Well [F] they found [Gm] him [F] in a thicket, [Gm] and [G] the _ undertaker [C] came,
and [F] they mummified [Bb] his body [Bbm] for [F] a [C] relative [F] to claim.
[C] _ [F] Oh, who [Gm] are you?
[F] Who [Gm] are you?
[F] Where [Gm] have you been?
Where are you [G] going to?
[F] Well [Am] Andrew McCrew [Bb] must have lost [Bbm] his way,
[F] cause though he died [G] long ago, [C] he was buried today.
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_ _ [C] _ [F] Well no [Gm] one came [F] to claim [Gm] him, until a carnival [C] passed through.
_ [F] The [Gm] carnies took [F] him to [Gm] their tent, and [G] they decided what [C] to do.
Well [F] they dressed [G] him in a worn out tux, and they put him [C] on a stand.
[F] And millions [Am] saw [Bb] the legend [F] called the famous mummy man.
[C] _ [F] Oh, who [Gm] are you?
[F] Who [Gm] are you?
[F] Where [Gm] have you been?
[G] Where are you [C] going to?
[F] Well [Am] Andrew McCrew [Bb] must have lost [Bbm] his way,
cause [F] though he died [G] long ago, [C] he was buried today. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] Well [Gm] what a way to [F] live [Gm] a life, and what a way [C] to die.
_ [F] A left [Gm] to [F] live, a [Gm] living death, [G] with no one [C] left to cry.
_ [F] A _ [Gm] petrified [F] maze, [Gm] _ [G] a wonder [C] beyond words.
[F] A man [Am] who found [Bb] more life [Bbm] in death, [F] than life [C] gave him [F] at [C] birth.
[F] Oh, who [Gm] are you?
[F] Who [Gm] are you?
[F] Where [Gm] have you been?
Where [G] are you [C] going to?
[F] Well [Am] Andrew McCrew [Bb] must have lost his way,
cause [F] though he died [G] long ago, [C] he was buried today.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ [C] But _ [F] what [Gm] about the [F] ones who [Gm] live and wish that they could [C] go?
_ Whose [F] lives are [Gm] lost to [F] living [G] and performing for the [C] show?
_ Well at [F] least you [G] got the [F] best [Gm] of life, until [G] it got the best of [C] you.
_ So from [F] all of [Am] us, to [Bb] what's left of [Bbm] you, _ _
[F] farewell _ _ [C] Andrew _ McCrew.
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