Chords for Subterranean Homesick Blues

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_ John is in the basement mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement thinking about the government
A man in a trench coat badge out late off says he's got a bad cough wants to get it paid [D] off
Look out kids, this time [E] you're dead [A] God knows when but you're doing it again
You better duck down the alleyway looking for a new [E] friend
A man in a coon skin cap and a pig pen [A] wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten _ _ _
_ _ _ Maggie comes to the street, foot faced, full of black soot
Talking at the heat, foot plants in the bed but the phone stopped anyway
Maggie says the man in the city must bust an early man
Orders from the [D] DA
Look out kids, don't matter what you [A] did Walk on your tiptoes, don't tie no bows
Better stay away from those that carry around a [E] fire hose
Keep a clean nose, watch the [A] plain clothes You don't need a weatherman to know it's
way to wind those
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Get sick, get well, hang around the inkwell Hang bail, hard to tell if anything's gonna
sell Try hard, get bought, get black and ride the
grail Get jailed, jump bail, join the army if you
fail Look [D] out kids, you're gonna get hit by losers,
cheaters, six time users Hanging around the theaters, girls [E] by the whirlpools
Looking for a new [A] fool, don't follow leaders Watch your parking meter
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_ _ _ Get barn, keyboard, short pants, roll mat Learn to dance, get dressed, get blessed
Poverty's success, please her, please him Buy gifts, don't steal, don't live
Twenty years of schooling and they put you on a day [D] shift
Look out kids, they'll keep it all hid [A] Better jump down a manhole like yourself
a panda Don't wear sandals, cry for your scandal
[E] Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew [A] gum The pump don't work cause the vandal slipped the handle _ _ _ _ _
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