Key: E major
Intro 1
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Oh,
Verse 1
kill me a son
Abe said, man, you must be putting me on
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God say, no, Abe say, what God say,
you can do what you want, Abe
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You'd better run
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Relief says where you
want this killin' done
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God says out on Highway 61
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Georgia Sammy had a bloody nose
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The welfare department,
they wouldn't give him no clothes
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He asked Paul Howard,
there's only one place I know
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cause I've gotta run
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Paul Howard just pointed,
well he's gonna send
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That way down on Highway 61
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I got faulty red,
that just don't ring
Do you know where I can
get rid of these things?
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Let me think for a minute, son
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Highway 61
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Slide on down
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Now the fifth daughter
on the twelfth night
Told her first father that
things weren't right
My complexion, she said, is much too white
He said, come here and step into the light
let me tell the second mother
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it's been done
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But the second mother was
with her seventh son
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Highway 61
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Now, the Roman gambler,
he was very bored
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He was trying to create
the next world war
Found a promoter nearly fell off the floor
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But he said,
I've never engaged in this thing before
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But, yes, it can be easily done
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We'll just put some
bleachers out in the sun
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Highway 61
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Wow!
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All right!
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You
Outro 1
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