Corner Laundromat chords by Johnny Dowd

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Verse 1
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major) I smell
Em 
 (E minor) a   gasoline in the perfume of the rose.
E 
Em 
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I see warning  (E major) pat (E minor) terns in the  (E major) soles of the electrodes.  (E minor) 
A 
Am 
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Bb 
I  (A major) read warn (A minor) ing la (B flat minor) bels  on  (B flat major) the forbidden
A 
Bb 
jars. I read magazines  (A major)  (B flat major) about the
Hollywood stars.
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Em 
 (F sharp major) An   (E minor) arrhythmic pulse like a
damaged heartbeat
E 
Em 
 (E major) Sounds  (E minor) like calypso dancers with
chrome shoes on their feet
Bb 
Mechan (B flat major) ical cockroaches
Bbm 
Bb 
Bbm 
Bb 
 (B flat minor) chase  (B flat major) al (B flat minor) bino   (B flat major) rats
A 
Bb 
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Un (A major) derneath  (B flat major) fluor (B flat minor) escent lights
at the corner on demand
Eb 
Cm 
Eb 
Cm 
Barbed  (E flat major)  (C minor) wire  (E flat major) wo  man wants  (C minor) 
Eb 
to put me  (E flat major) in  my grave
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Gb 
I'd  (E flat minor) rather be dead than be a  (G flat major) barbed wire
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Ab 
Em 
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Em 
 (E flat minor) woman's  (A flat major) slave  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
E 
 (E major) 
Em 
 (E minor) Sweet
Mother
Mary stuck a knife in
Brother
Judas
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Bb 
Similar to  (B flat minor) what went  (B flat major) down between
Caesar and
Brutus
Em 
The  (E minor) motivations were different,
but what counts is the thought
A 
Bb 
You  (A major) gotta know the  (B flat major) difference between
what's stolen and what's bought
Bbm 
Bb 
 (B flat minor) In (B flat major) side
Em 
 (E minor) Confusion's ball,
things aren't really that complex
Bb 
Be  (B flat major) loyal, trustworthy,
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don't sell your  (B flat minor) soul  for sex
Bb 
Em 
 (B flat major) Your  (E minor) infidelities are like
worms big and fat
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Bbm 
I'm  (B flat major) waiting for you down  (B flat minor) at
the corner laundromat
Cm 
Ebm 
Ab 
Ebm 
Eb 
Barbed  (C minor) wire,  (E flat minor) wo     (A flat major) man  (E flat minor)  (E flat major) 
Cm 
Ebm 
Ab 
Ebm 
 (C minor) Barbed wire,  (E flat minor) woman  (A flat major)  (E flat minor) 
Cm 
Eb 
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Barbed  (C minor) wire,  (E flat major)  (E flat minor) woman
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Am 
Em 
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Em 
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Once you put me in my  (G sharp major) grave  (A minor)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
Am 
 (A minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
E 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) 
You