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.
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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.
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[B] [Em] Can't you [B] hear the cracking [Em] of the whips?.
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[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.
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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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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.
[D] [Em] .
[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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