Cortelia Clark chords by
Mickey Newbury

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Intro 1

I was just a

Verse 1
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boy the year
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The bluebird special came
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through here
On its first run south to New Orleans
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A blind old man and I we came
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To Guthrie just to see the trains
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He was black and I was green

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Tell me what you see, he  said
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Is the engine black or red, son
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Why that's the lightest thing
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I've ever seen
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Then he picked his guitar      up

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Sat on the fender of the truck

And his eyes lit up

As he began to sing

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And I remember when
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That old man's dreams were chained
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To a depot down in Guthrie
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And a Bluebird Special
train
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Verse 5
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He picked his guitar up
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Shuffled down the walk
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The cars uptown wound round
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The buildings at his feet
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Lookin' mighty proud That old man

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With his battered hat in his hand
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Lord, he sung a song, it made me weep
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Yes, he made me weep.
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Verse 7

I read it in a week old paper

No one made it for his wake

Or laid a single flower at his feet

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He was just a blind old beggar
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People said, but Lord, I'll wager
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He won't be beggin' up there
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on your streets

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And you'll find him Lord, this morning
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He'll be stepping from
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the dark
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Can you save a street in glory,
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Lord
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For Cortelia Clark?
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I was just a boy the year
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The bluebird special came through here
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On its first run south to New Orleans
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Yes, a blind old man and I,   we came
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To Gu thrie just to see the train
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He was black and was I  green?

Outro 1
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