Subdivision Blues Chords by Tom T. Hall

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Out on the edge of town I bought a two-room brick,
_ [Bb] Moved in as soon as I got the plumbing all fixed,
_ [G] Making them payments work my fingers to the bone,
_ [C] Anything I had to do to get myself a home.
[F] There was water in the basement, it looked like a swimming pool,
The [Bb] man said, son, that water helped to [G] keep your cottage cool,
[F] The welcome wagon brought me out [Dm] some sleeping pills and booze,
I got [Bb] the mean old [C] subdivision [F] blues. _
Somebody came and knocked my fence down just the other day,
_ [Bb] Tore up my yard and hauled my lawnmower away,
_ [G] Shot out my windows with a BB gun,
[C] A boxer down the street came by and beat up my son,
[F] So I went out and bought myself a big old German dog,
[Bb] The man behind me saw me and [G] he started raising hogs,
[F] A nineteen-year-old girl next [Dm] door is sunning in the nude,
I got [Bb] those mean [C] old [F] subdivision blues. _
Well, I bought my house because it was located near a school,
[Bb] Now a bus comes by and takes the kids to Istanbul,
[G] The guy next door just bought his son a brand new saxophone,
[C] The man behind me sued him because his hogs were leaving home,
[F] My buddy left his wife and now he's living in a tent,
[Bb] A hippie sued me because I [G] did not have a room to rent,
[F] They built a trailer park before [Dm] I had a chance to move,
I got [Bb] them mean [C] old [F] subdivision blues. _
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Well, I moved out in the country just as far as I could go,
[Bb] I couldn't even get the grand old Opry on the radio,
[G] I guess you know what happened just as soon as I moved in,
[C] The man across the valley started clearing off his land,
The [F] law came out and said that I would have to move my barn,
[Bb] They said the man next door was [G] going to subdivide his farm,
[F] They auctioned off my farm to [Dm] build a state and other school,
I [Bb] got them mean [C] old [F] subdivision blues.
Well, the other night I dreamed I died and I went right straight to hell,
[Bb] I don't know what I did but you know you can never tell,
[G] They handed me a key and handed me a little map,
[C] They said you've got a place to live and we'll show you where it's at,
[F] They took me to a two room brick just on the edge of town,
[Bb] With thirty thousand other little [G] houses falling down,
[F] A million years to pay it off [Dm] with payments overdue,
I'd [Bb] tell to have [C] the [F] subdivision [D] blues,
Got [G] those mean old [C] subdivision [F] blues.
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