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Ashgrove chords by Dave Alvin

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Intro 1
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Well
Verse 1
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when I was a young boy, I used to slip away
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Down to the ashgrove to hear
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the old blues men play
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There was big Joe and lightnin'
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and reverend Gary too
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Well I'd sit and stare and dream of doin' what they could do
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Interlude 1
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Well it's
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been thirty years since
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the ashgrove burned down
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And I'm out on this highway
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travelin' town to town
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Tryin' to make a livin',
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tryin' to pay the rent
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Tryin' to figure out where my life went
Verse 3
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I wanna go back to the
ashgrove
That's where I come
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I wanna go back to the
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That's where I belong
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Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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Well you don't have to go searchin',
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pretend to put on airs
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'Cause the blues are gonna find you someday,
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somewhere
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Now my mother's gone,
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now my fathers gone
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And all the old blues men
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have all passed on
Verse 5
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And I'm out on this highway
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travelin' town to town
Settin' up my gear and then
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I'm tearin' it down
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Turnin' up my guitar,
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standin' up on the stage
I'm just tryin' to raise the
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ghosts up out of their graves
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I wanna go
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back to the
ashgrove
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That's where I come from
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Yeah I wanna go back to the
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That's where I belong
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Interlude 3
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Well I can't say
Verse 7
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I been all sinner, can't say I been all saint
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I've done some good deeds
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and I've made big mistakes
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I've been in and out of love,
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said words I regret
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I've been drunk,
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been sober smoked too many cigarettes
Verse 8
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And I'm out on this highway trav
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elin' town to town
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And the news on the radio just
brings me down
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Intolerance and fear, ignorance and lies
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It's the same old same old
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I heard a million times
Verse 9
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And I'm thinkin' of friends and lovers
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and how they come and go
Like look-alike houses houses
on the side of the road
Full of everyday people try
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in' to get ahead
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Tryin' to find a reason just
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to get out of bed
Verse 10
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'Cause we all need somethin'
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just to get us through
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Well I'm gonna play the blues
tonight man
'Cause that's what I do
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I'm goin' back
Verse 11
to the ashgrove
That's where I come from
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I'm goin' back to the
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That's where I belong
Outro 1
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