Chords for Tom Morello & The Nightwatchman - Blind Willie McTell

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_ _ I've _ _ _ seen the arrow [Bb] on [Ebm] the doorpost
Saying [B] this [Bb] land [Ebm] is condemned
_ All _ [Bb] the way [Db] from New [Ab] Orleans [B]
to [Db] _ [Ebm] Jerusalem
I've _ _ [Bb] traveled through [Ebm] East Texas
_ Where many [Bb] [Ebm] martyrs fell
And _ [Bb] I know no [Db] one can [Ab] sing blues [B] like [Db] Blind Willie [Ebm] Big Jack
_ Well I've [Bb] heard that bluebell [Ebm] sing
As _ they were [Bb] taking [Ebm] down the town _ _ _
[Bb] Skies above [Db] the [Ab] barren trees
[B] Were [Db] lonely all year
[Ebm] And _ _ their [Bb] charcoal gypsy [Ebm] _ maidens _ _
[Bb] Strut their feathers [Ebm] and wail
But _ [Bb] nobody can [Db] sing [Ab] blues [B] like [Db] Blind Willie [Ebm] Big Jack
_ See them big [Bb] plantations [Ebm] burning
Hear _ [Bb] the cracking [Ebm] of the wind
_ Smell that sweet [Bb] magnolia [Db] bloom
[Ab] See [B] the gold [Db] sun stay [Ebm] rich
I can hear [Bb] them tribes [Ebm] a-mourning
[Eb] Hear _ [Bb] the [Ebm] undertakers bathing _ _ _
_ [Bb] Nobody [Db] can sing [Ab] the blues [B] like [Db] Blind Willie [Ebm] Big Jack
_ There's a [Bb] woman by [Ebm] the [Db] river
[Ebm] With _ [Bb] some fine young [Ebm] handsome man _ _
He's dressed [Bb] up like a [Db] squire
[Ab] Who _ [B] _
[Gb] played whistling [Ebm] this year
_ _ There's a chain [Bb] gang on [Ebm] the highway
[Eb] And I can hear them [Ebm] rebels yelling
And I [Bb] know no [Db] one can [Ab] sing the [B] blues like Blind [Db] Willie [Ebm] Big Jack _ _ _
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[Ebm] _ _ _ God is in his heaven
_ _ _ We [Bb] all want [Ebm] what's his
But _ power [Bb] and greed
[Db] And corruptible [Ab] sin
_ [B] Seem to [Db] be all that [Ebm] they're in
_ _ _ I'm gazing [F] out the [Ebm] window
_ Of _ [Bb] the St.
[Ebm] James Hotel
And I [Bb] know no one [Db]
can [Ab] sing the [Ebm] blues [B] like Blind [Db] [Ebm] Willie Big Jack
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