Chords for Ambulance Blues (2016 Remaster)

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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Back in the old folky [Eb] day, _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ the air was [Dm] magic when [C] we played. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ The riverboat was rocking in the [Eb] rain. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Midnight [D] was the [Dm] time [C] for the reed. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Oh _ Isabella, _ _ _ proud _ Isabella, _ _ [G] _ they tore you _ down _ and plowed you _ _ [Am] under.
_ You're only real [F] [Bb] with your makeup _ _ on.
_ [F] _ How could I see you [C] _ _ and stay too _ long?
[Bb] All along the _ Navajo [Eb] Trail, _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ burnouts [D] stubbed their toes on [C] garbage pails. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Waitresses are crying in the rain.
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_ [G] _ _ Will a [F] [Dm] boyfriend's path this [C] way again? _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Old mother _ goose, _ _ she's on the skids.
_ [G] _ _ She ain't happy, _ _ _ neither are the _
_ [F] [Am] kids.
She needs someone _ [F] _ [Bb] that she can scream [F] at.
_ _ And I'm such a heel _ [C] for making her feel so [Bb] bad.
I guess I'll call it sickness [Eb] _ gone. _ _ _
[Bb] _ [G] _ It's hard to [Dm] say the meaning of [C] this song. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] An ambulance can only go so [Eb] _ fast. _ _ _
_ [G] _ It's easy to get [Dm] buried in [C] the past when _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ you try to make a good [Eb] thing last.
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_ _ _ saw today _ _ in the entertainment section, _
[Gm] _ _ there's room at the top _ for [G] private _ _ [Am] detection.
_ Your mom and dad, [Bb] _ _ this just doesn't matter.
_ [F] _ But it's either that _ [C] _ or pay off the kidnapper.
_ [Bb] _ So all you critics sit alone.
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_ [G] _ You're no better [Dm] than me for what [C] you've shown.
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_ [Bb] _ With your stomach pump [Dm] and your hook and [Eb] ladder _ dreams,
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_ _ we could get [Dm] together _ [C] for some scenes. _ _ _
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_ _ [F] _ Well, I'm up in T _ _ .O., keeping jive alive.
_ _ [Gm] _ And out on the corner, _ _ [G] _ it's half past _ [Am] five.
_ But the subways are empty, _ [G] _ [Bb] _ and so are the cafes.
_ [F] _ _ Except for the farmer's market, _ [C] _ and I still can hear him say,
_ [Bb] _ You're all just pissing in [Gm] the wind. _ _ _ _
[Gbm] _ [G] _ _ [D] You don't know [Dm] it, but [C] you are. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ And there ain't nothing like [Eb] a friend
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_ [G] who can tell [D] you you're [Dm] just pissing [C] in the wind. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ I never knew a _ man could tell so many _ lies.
[Gm] _ He had a different story _ for every set of _ eyes.
[Am] _ How can he remember _ [Bb] _ who he's talking to?
_ [F] _ Cause I know it ain't me, _ [C] _ and I hope it isn't you. _
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