Blind Willie Mctell Chords by The Band

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Sing the arrow _ [B] _ _ _ .
[Em] on the [A] doorpost, [G] _ _ [A] _ .
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] saying this land [Em] is condemned.
_ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ .
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] All the way _ _ [D] from New [A] _ .
Orleans _ [C] to _ _ _ [D] _ .
_ [Em] Jerusalem.
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ .
_ I _ travel [B] _ _ .
through [Em] East Texas, _ _ _ .
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ where many [Bm] _ .
_ [Em] martyrs fell.
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_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ And I know [Bm] one thing, _ [D] _ _ nobody [A] can sing [C] them blues like [D] Brian or Willie [Em] _ _ _ _ .
Macdowell.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ .
_ _ Well I _ [Bm] heard the blue [Em] dolls singing.
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_ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] They were taking _ [Em] down that fence, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] stars above.
_ [D] _ Over [A] there in the trees, _ [C] _ _ _ [D] where his only [Em] audience.
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Yeah, them charcoal _ [B] _ .
_ gypsy [Em] maidens, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ can't strut [B] their feathers [Em] well.
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_ _ _ _ And I know one [B] thing, _ [D] _ _ nobody [A] can sing [C] them blues [G] like [D] Brian or Willie [Em] _ Macdowell.
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See _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the big _ _ [B] _ .
plantations [Em] are burning.
_ [F#m] _ [G] _ .
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ Can't you [B] hear the cracking [Em] of the whips?.
_ [F#m] _ [Em] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] Smell that sweet _ [D] magnolia, _ blossom [A] _ .
blooming.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] See the ghosts of the slavery [Em] ships.
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Well I can hear _ [B] them drive [Em] the morgans.
[F#m] _ [G].
I _ [Em] _ _ can [B] hear the _ _ [Em] undertaker's bell.
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_ _ _ _ And I know [B] one thing, _ [D] _ _ nobody [A] can sing [C] them blues [D] like Brian or Willie [Em] _ _ Macdowell.
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_ _ There's a woman, _ she's [B] standing [Em] by the river.
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_ _ _ _ She is with [B] some fine young [Em] handsome man.
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_ _ _ _ _ See [B].
he's all dressed [D] _ just like [A] a spider.
_ _ [C] _ He's got [D] bootleg whiskey in [Em] his hand.
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ .
Well there's a chain gang [B] _ .
_ out [E] on the [Bm] highway.
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[G] _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ And I can hear [B] them rebels _ [Em] yell.
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_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ And I [B] know one thing, _ [D] _ _ nobody [A] can sing [C] them blues like [D] Brian or Willie [Em] _ _ _ _ .
Macdowell.
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Oh God is in heaven, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] and we all want [Em] what is his.
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[Bm] But _ [Em] _ the power [B] and greed, _ [D] _ the [A] corruptible sea, _ [C] _ seems to be [D] all that's left [Em] here.
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Yeah I'm a-gazing _ [B] _ .
_ out [Em] the window [G] _ _ .
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ of [B] Harvey St.
James [Em] Hotel.
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[Bm] And _ [Em] _ I know [B] one _ thing, [D] _ _ nobody [A] can sing [C] them blues like [D] Brian or Willie [Em] _ _ _ _ .
Macdowell.
He, he, I know one [B] _ .
thing, _ [D] _ _ nobody [A] can sing _ [C] them blues [D] like Brian or Willie [Em] _ _ _ Macdowell.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh _ _ _ [G] _ _ God [C#] is in [Em] heaven.
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