Chords for Townes Van Zandt ~ Rex's Blues

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_ Ride the blue wind high and free She'll lead you down through misery
_ [F#] Leave you low come time to go Alone [A] and low as low can be
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_ if I had a [F#] nickel I'd find a game If I won a dollar I'd make it rain
If it rained an ocean I'd drink it dry And lay [A] me down [E] dissatisfied
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_ _ It's legs [F#] to walk and thoughts to fly Eyes to laugh and lips to cry
A restless tongue to classify All [A] born to grow and [F#] grown to die
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So [F#] tell my baby I said so [E] long Tell my mother I did no wrong
Tell my brother to watch his own And tell my [F#m] friends to [E] mourn me none
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I'm chained [A] upon the face [E] of time Feeling full of foolish rhyme
[F#] There ain't no dark till something shines I'm bound to [A] leave the [F#] dark behind
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Well ride the [F#m] blue wind high [E] and free She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you [A] low come [E] time to go [F#m] Alone and low [E] as low can be
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