Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
G
Miller's saying in the paper here,
After I cleared the dirt from my eyes,
I could see that the rock couldn't have weighed more than
20 pounds and was shaped like a leg of lamb.
A
G
Ah, hogwash.
A
G
Biggest leg of lamb I ever saw.
A
G
Get me New York City.
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Bb
Abdim
Could you put me through to
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B
You ready for the lowdown,
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D
Here comes the model old school.
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G
Get me New Montana, hello Savannah,
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Abdim
E
could you put me through to Abile ne?
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B
You ready for the info,
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D
G
I might be glad I made the trip.
Cave City, comma, capital K,
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Eb
Caveman Underground.
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G
Eb
You got it? Yeah.
C
Eb
Summer in the cold hills of Kentucky, comma,
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A
I take a name, Floyd Collins, I spin to the sand,
he came by a boulder on his foot, period.
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Eb
Kentucky in trap for no
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C
under two -ton slab of granite stone.
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The brave man lies in a coffin of stone,
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Bbaug
en ton s of rock.
D
B
Is that remarkable?
That's remarkable.
D
Eb
Oh, I wonder what tomorrow will bring.
I have an idea.
with Jack and a crowbar.
off his foot.
is for Floyd to lose hope.
Lose hope!
Lose hope! What?
the Paducah Tribune.
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Abdim
E
Is this the Mexicali Tele gram?
A
C
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You're ready for the lowdown,
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D
E
the real straight proof.
D
G
I want the Alamogordo banner,
the Boise Gazette,
E
A
B
You're ready for the goods,
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D
G
this is going over the top
Cave City, comma, capital K,
Collins is quickly slipping into
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Eb
Asking for milk
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Eb
The trapped man was heard to cry out, quotes, get me out of here,
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A
comma, even if you have to tear my foot off
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Eb
Bbm
in a state of delirium,
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F
and even begging them to hurry, hurry,
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hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, pull me out.
If you report what you see.
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D
Oh, God bless him. Janie, where is he?
God bless him!
Colin's family is deeply religious.
Give me the Lackawanna pulpit,
the Pierre Picayune,
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Abdim
is this the Talla hassee Democrat?
E
A
C
B
Sharpen that woody,
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chock full of tragedy and hope.
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I'd like the Ponca City sun,
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E
A
put me through to the Es canaba Finch,
C
B
E
grab that feather and double dip,
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D
G
this bird is ready to rip.
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Eb
Colin's family waits and prays,
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C
Collins, sitting on ho g
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an d his bent -backwards wife
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Dm
is a touching one, period.
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F
and eccentricities of the hillbilly life,
period.
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although they live such simple lives,
manages to own a car and even wear shoes.
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I'm freezing. What? He's free, Floyd College is free,
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D
Steaks Miller, celebrity hack,
I wonder what tomorrow will bring.
G
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Go on, you know you yell up,
now listen fella,
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Bb
this ain't a literary magazine.
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B
I only want the goodies,
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D
I only want to scoop,
I only want to scoop,
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A
I only want to scoop the poop.
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A
Scoop the poop!
Scoop the poop!
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A F Bb...
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