Depression Blues chords by Loudon Wainwright III

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Verse 1
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Lightning sings the blues,
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the Catholic goes to his confession
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Now tell me what you plan to do
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about all of your depressions
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Oh, you tried old Sigmund's talking cure,
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you experienced its power
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But that kind of talk ain't cheap,
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you know, at 180 an hour
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You inhibited the reuptake
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of all your serotonin
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You were whistling, washing windows
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until you started moaning
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Then you biked up to the swimming hole
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to let the water cure you
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But the current at the bottom,
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it began to pull and lure you
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Blind Lemon sings the blues,
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the Jew does his wailing session
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So tell me what you plan to do
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about all of that depression
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Well, you suck it up or ride it out,
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or re -read some old fan letter
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Or head to the nearest bar room
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to  stay drunk till it gets better
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Sleep knits up the raveled sleeves,
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so go  to bed and stay there
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But before you get and kneel down
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on that killin' floor and pray there
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Maybe you can do a deal
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with your old buddy sick
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And sell that soul that's no damn good,
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so why the hell you wait?
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Ah, the Muslim bows the Mecca five times
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Now let that be a lesson
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Everybody's bowin' and scrapin'
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just to answer that big question
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Sleepy John sings the blues,
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a  comic can do an impression
Of someone who might seem like he don't
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suffer much from depression
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Yeah, get that audience to lovin' you, boy
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Be a clown and get them goin'
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You'll have him right there
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in your sweaty palm,
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almost before you know it
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Let it all out up there on stage,
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yeah, oh, the world just is one
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And it's fifteen minutes of fifty years,
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every fool gets his run
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After the show,
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when they all go home,
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you're left with your problems
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It's the depression blues,
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that's what you got, boy
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That's one big bad -ass goblin