Kentucky Avenue chords by Tom Waits

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Intro 1

Eddie

Verse 1
Graces Buick
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G 
got four bullet holes in the side
And Charlie Delisle sittin' at the top
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of an avocado tree
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Mrs. Stormll stab you with a
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steak knife if you step on her lawn
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I got a half pack of Lucky Strikes,
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man, so come along with me
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Lets fill our pockets with macadamia nuts,
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then go over to Bobby Goodmansons
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And jump off the roof Hilda plays strip
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poker and her mamas across the street
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Joey Navinski says she put
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her tongue in his mouth
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Dicky Faulkners got a switchblade and some gooseneck
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Em 
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risers that eu calyptus is a hunchback
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There's a wind up from the south
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So let me tie you up with kite string and
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I'll show you the scabs on my knee
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Watch out for the broken glass,
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put your shoes and socks on and come along with me
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Lets follow that fire truck
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I think your house is burnin' down
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Then go down to the hobo jungle
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And kill some rattlesnakes
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with a trowel
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C 
We'll break all the windows in
the old Anderson place
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And steal a bunch of
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boysenberrys
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And smear 'em on our face
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I'll get a dollar from my mamas purse
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And buy that skull and crossbones ring
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And you can wear it around your neck
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D 
On an old piece of string
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Then we'll spit on Ronnie Arnold

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Verse 2
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And flip him the bird
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And slash the tires on the school bus
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Now don't say a word
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I'll take a rusty nail
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And scratch your initials on my arm
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And I'll show you how to sneak up on the
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roof of the drugstore
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I'll take

Verse 3
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the spokes from
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your wheelchair
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And a magpies wings
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And I'll tie 'em to your
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shoulders and your feet
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I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad
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And cut the braces off your legs
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And we'll bury them tonight
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in the cornfield
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Put

Verse 4
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a church key in your pocket
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We'll hop that freight train in the hall
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And we'll slide all the way
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down the drain
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To New Orleans in the fall