Clothes Line Saga chords by
Cowboy Junkies

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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After a  while,
we took in the clothes
Nobody said very much
Just some wild shirts,
couple pairs of pants,
which nobody really wanted to touch
C C 
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Mama come in and picked up a book,
and Papa asked her what it was
Gm Gm 3
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Now someone else asked,
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what do you get?
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And Papa said, well, just because
D D 
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Then they started to take
back their clothes
And hang them on the line
Gm Gm 3
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It  was January the 30th
And everybody was feeling fine
The next day, everybody got up
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Seeing if the clothes were dry
The dogs were barking,
the neighbor passed
And Mama, of course, she said,
C C 
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Hi, have you heard the news?
He said with a grin,
the vice president's gone mad
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Where? When?
Last night
Hmm, say that's too bad
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Well, there's nothing we can do about it,
said the neighbor
It's just something we're
gonna have to forget
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Yes, I guess so, said Mom
Then she asked me if the
clothes were still wet
I reached up and touched my shirt
And the neighbor said,
are those clothes yours?
I said, some of them, not all of them
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He said, you always help out
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around here with the chores
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I  said, sometimes, not all the time
Well then my neighbor, he blew his nose
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Just as Pa yells, outside
Mama wants you to come
back in the house
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and bring them clothes
I just do as I'm told
So I did it,
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of course I  went back into the house
And Mama, Mama made me leave
And then I shut all the doors you

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ChordsG D C Gm

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