Husbandry chords by
Leo Kottke

N/A•

Key: G major•

Verse 1

G

G

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She's sixty- one years old

and hiding in a school bus

Kind of objectionable

Interlude 1

With a heart like a fist

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C

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Verse 2

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She stood on a street in Norfork in a

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pea- coat and a headache

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G

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watching the traffic splash by

When a four day clown in a pick- up

truck drove her out to the woods

Down a gravel lane, down a dirt road,

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down some dust on the grass

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To a shadow,

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with some bricks around it

Verse 3

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Near a pecan tree, near a boulder,

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near a dog, near invisible

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He dobbed his hat and scuffed his heel

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And puffed real hard on his

cheap cigar

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And he spewed the smoke

out in the air

And asked her if that

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was a wig on her head

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Or if it was real hair

Verse 4

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He laughed real loud and said she

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was cute

And then he leaned over

and said "excuse me"

And put the cigar out

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in the dog's face

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"I live here" he said

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He went inside

Verse 5

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She turned around and

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walked past the dog

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Back up the dust on the grass,

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past the pecan tree

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Back up the dirt road,

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back up the gravel lane

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And back to Norfolk

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Interlude 2

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Back there at his place late at

Verse 6

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night,

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when the owls congregate

And the snakes sleep,

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C

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D

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when the trucks hit the spacers in the overpass

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And the storm drains cough

up dust and cigarette filters

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purge like frogs at the

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side of the road

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Back there, down the gravel lane, down the

Verse 7

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dirt road

Down some dust on the grass,

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past the pecan tree to the shadow

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With some bricks around it

Verse 8

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Back there, late at night, back

there in the dark

Back there in the dust, back there

Interlude 3

The dog burst into flame

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Verse 9

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Anyhow, time went by,

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anyhow snap crackers and stone soup

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Walking on cornflakes

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and stopping blocks

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Anyhow, she went back

to where the dog blew up

She tried her luck, she went back,

maybe she could paint the porch

Maybe she could fix the roof,

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Eb

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maybe she could build a roof

Verse 10

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She told him "you can't smoke cigars,

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though, I'm too damn frail"

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And he said "I won't"

Then he lit a cigarette and

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dropped his hat

Outro 1

He said, "It's OK, I have a cat

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

G
C
D
Em
F
Eb

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Husbandry by Leo Kottke is G major.

The primary chords used in Husbandry are G, C, D, Em, F, Eb.

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