Meet Me In The Alleyway Chords by Steve Earle

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_ _ _ [G] _ [E] I had a melancholy malady, [G] I went to see [E] the doctor, the doctor said,
_ _ [G] _ [E] Too bad, nothing need to do [G] anymore, I'm out of [E] Louisiana, [D] I'm done [E] to pay.
[G] I [Em] laid my money on the [G] bellhead, and my [E] heart a-bobbin' [D] in a [E] shimmery shade.
[Gm] _ [E] Can't lie, I reckon I was dead when [G] I picked my [E] money up from a hillside.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ One evening [E] in the [G] alleyway, it was a midnight, [D]
don't be [E] late.
[Em] _ _ _ One evening in the alleyway, met a cold runner, [D] spirits on [E] the way.
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_ _ _ [G] Thirteen [E] tags of deep in my [A] talisman, [G] saying John [E] the Conqueror and a black cat's paw.
_ [G] I've [E] been seen walkin' with a guardian [G] down [E] in the alley all _ alone.
[Gm] I [E] can't run, I can't hide from destiny, [G] this [E] day was coming nearly all of my life.
_ [G] I've [E] been dying, the only boy for dinner, [G] see the father's [E] name in cypress [Em] with a jump on knife. _ _ _ _
One evening in the alleyway, it was winter till midnight, [D] don't be [C] late.
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alleyway, _ [G] they [E] say you wanna be the king of America.
[G] They [E] say you wanna know the archives, [G] they [E] say you wanna see the marquis of Samarica.
They say we'll be dead at the end of the mile.
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One evening [E] in the [G] alleyway, winter till midnight, [D] don't be [E] late.
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One evening [Em] in the alleyway, met a cold runner, [D]
spirits on [E] the way.
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One evening in the alleyway, _ _ _ don't be late.
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[Gm] One evening [Em] in the alleyway, met a cold runner, [D]
spirits [A] on the way.
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