Chords for Richie Havens Tombstone Blues

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The sweet pretty [D] things [B] are in bed [E] now of course
City [A] fathers, they're trying [E] to endorse the _ [A] reincarnation of
[E] Parvez Hall, but the town has [A] no need to [E] be nervous _ _
Ghost about [A] star she hands [E] down her wits
Jezebel and I [A] she [E] violently
Have always forgot the ripper who sits at the [A] head of the chamber [E] of commerce _ _
[A] _ Mama's in the factory.
She [E] got no shoes
[A] _ Daddy's in the alley.
He's looking [E] for food
[A] _ I'm in the kitchen with the [B] tombstone _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] The hysterical brat in the penny [E] arcade _
Screaming she [A] moans at [E] Jasper name
Then sends out for the doctor [A] who pulls down the shade said my [A] advice is to [E] not let the boys
_ Melon medicine man comes he shuffles inside
Walks with a swagger [A] and he says to [E] cry
Stop all that we've been swallows your pride.
You will not [A] die
[E] It's not poison
Well John the Baptist and the torture in the feet looks up at his hero [A] the commander [E] in chief
Same tell me great [A] hero, but please [E] make it brief.
Is there a [A] hole for me [E] to sit?
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Mama's in the factory.
She ain't got no [E] shoes _
Daddy's in the alley.
He's looking for food _
[A] I'm in the kitchen with the [B] tombstone _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] The commander in chief answers him why [B] Jason [E] apply
They death to all those [A] who would whimper [E] and cry _
Dropping a barbell he points to the [E] sky saying [A] son's not a [E] yellow
It's chicken _ the king of the Philistines [B] is told just [E] to say
What trouble only to [A] stone them flat as [E] they break the path by three prison [A] in that piece of space
Then sends them out to the jungle
_ She's a baby with a blowtorch he [E] burns out their camps
It is faithful slave a drone behind him with a
_ [A] fantastic [E] collection of stamps
doing [A] friends and [E] influences _ _ _
[A] _ Mama's in the factory.
She ain't got [E] no shoes
[A] _ Daddy's in the alley.
He's [E] looking for food
[A] _ I'm in the kitchen with the [B] tombstone _
_ _ _ _ Oh
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone
causes Galileo
[A] Manfred [E] to get thrown and Delilah he [A] sits
[E] Worthlessly alone, but the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
Now I wish I could [B] give brother Bill his [E] great thrill
What set him in chains at the top of the hill then send out for [A] killer?
Cecil B.
[E] Camille
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[A] _ Mama's in the factory.
She ain't got [E] no shoes
[A] _ [C#] Daddy's in the alley.
[F#m] He's looking [Bm] for food
[A] _ I'm in the kitchen with the [B] tombstone _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, [E]
maybe in Beethoven once unwrapped their bedroll
Do you play is now rehearsed around the blackboard the national bank for a profit [Em] sell [E] roadmaps for the soul
Do the old [A] folks home [E] in the college?
Now wish I could write [A] you a melody [E] so plain I could hold you dear [A] lady from [E] going insane
That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain of your useless [A] and [E] pointless knowledge _
[A] _ Mama's in the factory.
She ain't got [E] no shoes
[A] _ Daddy's in the alley.
He's looking [E] for food
[A] _ I'm in the kitchen with the [B] tombstone _
_ _ Yeah
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_ _ _ Got the tombstone
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Tombstone oh, _ _ _ _ _ yeah _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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