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Key West (Philosopher Pirate) easy guitar chords by 
Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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McKinley hollered,
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McKinley squalled
Doctor said, "McKinley,
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death is on the wall
Say it to me,
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if you got something to confess"
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C
I heard all about it,
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he was goin' down slow
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I heard it all, the wireless radio
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From down in the boondocks, way down
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in Key West
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I'm searching for love, for inspiration
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On that pirate radio station
Coming out of Luxembour
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g and Budapest
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Ra dio signal, clear as can be
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I'm so deep in love that I can
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hardly see
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Down on the flatlands,
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way down in Key West
Verse 2
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Key West is the place to be
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If you're looking for immortality
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Stay on the road, follow the highway sign
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Key West is fine and fair
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If you lost your mind, you will find it there
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Key West is on the horizon line
Verse 3
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I was born on the wrong side
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of the railroad track
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Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
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Like Louis and Jimmy and Buddy
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and all the rest
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Well, it might not be the thing to do
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But I'm sticking with you,
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through and through
Down in the flatlands,
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way down in Key West
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I got both my feet planted
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square on the ground
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Got my right hand high
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with the thumb down
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Such is life, such is happiness
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Hibiscus flowers,
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they grow everywhere here
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If you wear one, put it behind your ear
Down in the bottom,
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way down in Key West
Verse 4
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Key West is the place to go
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Down by the Gulf of Mexico
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Beyond the sea,
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beyond the shifting sand
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Key West is the gateway key
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To in nocence and purity
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Key West, Key West is the
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enchanted land
Verse 5
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I've never lived in the land of Oz
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Or wasted my time with
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an unworthy cause
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It's hot down here,
and you can't be overdressed
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C
China blossoms of
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a toxic plant
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They can make you dizzy,
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I'd like to help you but I can 't
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Down in the flatlands,
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way down in Key West
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Well, the fish tail ponds
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and the orchid trees
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They can give you that bleeding
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heart disease
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People tell me I ought to
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try a little tenderness
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On Newton Street, Bayview Park
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Walking in the shadows after dark
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Down under, way down in Key West
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I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
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I know all the Hindu rituals
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People tell me that I'm truly
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blessed
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Bougainvillea blooming in the sum mer,
in the spring
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Winter here is an unknown thing
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Down in the flat lands,
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way down in Key West
Verse 6
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Key West is under the sun,
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under the radar, under the gun
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You stay to the left,
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and then you lean to the right
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Feel the sunlight on your skin,
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and the healing virtues of the wind
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Key West, Key West is the land of light
Verse 7
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Am
Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
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I'm not that far before I come back home
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I do what I think is right,
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what I think is best
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History Street off of Mal
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lory Square
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Truman had his White House there
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East bound, West bound,
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way down in Key West
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Twelve years old,
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C
they put me in a suit
Forced me to marry a
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prostitute
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There were gold fringes on her
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wedding dress
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That's my story, but not where it ends
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She's still cute, and we're still friends
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Down on the bottom,
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way down in Key West
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I play both sides against the middle
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Trying to pick up that pirate radio signal
I heard the news,
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I heard your last request
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Fly around, my pretty little Miss
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C
I don't love nobody,
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give me a kiss
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Down on the bottom,
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way down in Key West
Verse 8
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Key West is the place to be
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Am
If you're looking for immortality
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Am
Key West is paradise divine
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Key West is fine and fair
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If you lost your mind,
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you'll find it there
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Am
Key West is on the horizon line
Outro 1
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