Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
you the tale of Medicine Jack
He went out in the woods and
he never came back
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and a big old sack
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He went too close to the railroad track
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
they say about Medicine Jack
He lived his life in a rolldown shack,
The wind a- screeching
through the cracks
And the sound of the trains from the
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railroad track
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
Medicine Jack
He painted his face and
his whole shack black
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He went up in the woods
and he never came back
He must have got too close to the
Interlude 3
railroad track
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Verse 4
Did you see his grizzly
face in the torchlight?
Did you see him crawling
down among the trees
And getting scabs on his hands and knees?
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Did you see the demise of Medicine Jack
His pitiful face still painted black
Just a spit and a stride from
the rolldown shack
Down on by the railroad
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track?
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Don't turn your back on Medicine Jack!
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
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I was thinking about the
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ghost of Medicine Jack
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On starless nights when the sky is black
I can hear him singing those
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And whistling down by
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the railroad track
Outro 1
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