Ballad Of Hollis Brown chords by Totta Näslund

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Verse 1
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Well,  (E minor) Hollis Brown,
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he lived on the outside of  (D major) town  (E minor) 
Hollis Brown,
he lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children
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and his cabin falling  (A major) down  (E minor) 
You look for work and money
and you walk the ragged mine
You look for work and money
and you walk the ragged mine
Your children are so hungry,
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that  (D major) I  don't know how  (A major) to  (D major) smile  (E minor) 
Your baby's eyes look crazy,
they are tuggin' at your sleeve
Your baby's eyes look crazy,
they are tuggin' at your sleeve
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You walk the floor and wonder why,  (D major) 
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 (E minor) with every breath  (A major) you breathe  (E minor) 
The rats have got your flower,
bad blood has got your man
The rats have got your flower,
bad blood has got your man
If there's anyone that knows,
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is there anyone that  (A major) cares?  (E minor) 
You pray to the Lord above,
oh please send you a friend
You pray to the Lord above,
oh please send you a friend
Your empty pockets
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tell you that  (D major) you  (A major) ain't got a friend  (E minor) 
Your babies are crying louder
than it's pounding on your brain
Your babies are crying louder
than it's pounding on your brain
Your wife's screams are stabbing you
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 (D major) like the  (E minor) dirty  (A major) driving rain  (E minor) 
Your grass is turning black,
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there's no  (D major) water in your well  (E minor) 
Your grass is turning black,
there's no water in your well
You spent your last lone dollar
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on a  (D major) seven -shot gun,  (E minor) 
Way out in the wilderness,
a cold coyote call
Way out in the wilderness,
a cold coyote call
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Your eyes fix on the shot (D major) gun
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that's hangin'  (E minor) on  (A major) the wall  (E minor) 
Your brain is a -bleedin'
and your legs can't seem to stand
Your brain is a -bleedin'
and your legs can't seem to stand
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
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that  (D major) you're holdin'
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 (A major) in your  (E minor) hand
There's seven breezes blowin'
all around the cabin door
There's seven breezes blowin'
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all around the cabin door  (D major)  (E minor) 
Seven shots ring out
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like the ocean's  (A major) pounding  (E minor) roll
There's seven people dead
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on a  (D major) South Dakota farm  (E minor) 
There's seven people dead
on a South Dakota farm
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Somewhere in the  (D major) distance,
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 (E minor)  (D major) there's seventy people
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 (A major)  (D major) born  (E minor) 
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 (D major)  (E minor) 