Blind Willie McTell chords by Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler
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Verse 1
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Seen the
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arrow on the dark pole
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Saying this land is condemned
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All the way from New Orleans
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to Jerusalem
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I travel through East Texas
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where many martyrs fell
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And I know no one can sing the blues
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like Blind Willie McDowell
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Well, I heard that hoot -owl
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singin'
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As they were takin' down the Thames
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The stars above the barren trees
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was his only audience
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Them charcoal gypsy maidens
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can strut their feathers well
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But nobody can sing the blues
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Like Blind Willie McDowell
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See them big plantations burnin'
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Hear the crackin' of the winds
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Smell that sweet magno
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lia bloomin'
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See the ghost of slavery's chill
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I can hear them tribe
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s a -moanin'
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Hear that undertaker's bell
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Nobody can sing the blues
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like Blind Willie Macdonald
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There's a woman by the river
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with some fine young
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handsome man
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He's dressed up like a squire
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Bootleg whiskey in his hand
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There's a tank gang on the highway
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I can hear them rebels yell
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And I know no one can sing the blues
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like Blind Willie MacDowd
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Well, God is in his heaven
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And we all want what's his
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But power and greed and
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corruptible sin
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Seem to be all that there is
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I'm gazing out the window
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Of the St. James Hotel
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And I know no one can sing the blues
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Like Blind Willie MacTavish
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Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler
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