Houdini Blues Chords by Kristin Hersh

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] [Bm] Oh no, don't you put me in that box
[G] _ _ _ _ _ You [Bm] know what you can do with those locks
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Bet your life I'll [Am] come [G] crawling out again _
You'll have to deal with me then _
_ You'll hear me in the wind
[E] I've _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm]
been [D] on the other [G] side of the blue ridge _
[Dm] Seen the [D] Shenandoah rolling [G] there
I [Dm] _ [D] stepped off [G] the mountain's edge
[Dm] Just to [D] climb the [G] golden stair _
[Dm] I've seen [D] the streets [G] up there
I've [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
been [D] on the mouth's [G] _ transfiguration _
Been there with [D] my ma and [G] my pa _
[Dm] _ [C] On the mountain of [G] commandment _
I've [Dm] [D] been handing down [G] the law _
_ [Dm] You should [D] have seen what [G] I saw
[Dm] I _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] fell to [C] the bottom [G] of Failey's well
[Dm] Caught like [C] a thief with [G] a lamb _ _
[Dm] You [C] know those stars, they can cast a spell
[Dm] I've [C] been caught with [G] red hands
_ [Dm] I've [D] been caught [G] with red hands
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] [D] I've scaled the mountains, skied the [G] valleys
_ I've [Dm] [D] done the highs and [G] the lows
[Dm] I [C] don't feel [G] like work today
[A] _ [D] Hell, I won't [G] go _
_ [Dm] _ [C] Yes, I [G] won't go _
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] Just let [G] me at their locks _
[Dm] We [D] should all be [G] free
Oh, [Dm] _ _ [D] Paz, [G] I swear I'll go _
[Dm] When I'm [D] free [G] from me _
_ [Dm] We [D] should all be [G] free _
[Dm] Oh _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ [D] no, don't you put me in that [A] box
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
You know what you can do with those locks
_ _ _ _ _ _ Better let [Am] Mal come crawling out [G] again _
_ You'll have to deal with me then
_ You'll hear me in the wind
Oh _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] no, don't [G] you put me in that [A] box
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] You know what [G] you can do with those [D] locks
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
Better let [C] Mal come crawling out again
[E] _ _ [C] You'll have to [G] deal with me then
[E] _ [C] You'll hear [Bm] me in the wind
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