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mesabi easy guitar chords by Tom Russell

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • F#m

    2

  • E

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • F#m

    2

  • E

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Have 
    you 
    ever 
    seen 
    Duluth 


    When 
    the Great 
    Lake 
    waves 

    were 
    pounding? 

    There 
    must 
    be 
    some 
    way 

    out 
    of 
    there 

    You might 
    end 
    up 
    lost 
    or drowning 

    And 
    the polkas 
    at 
    the 
    Polish 

    dance 
    hall 

    And the 
    carnivals 
    of 
    spring 

    And the rock 
    and 
    roll 
    on 

    that 
    up
    right 
    piano 

    Didn't 
    the 
    kid 
    make 
    the high 

    school 
    rafters 
    ring? 

    Verse 2
    The kid 
    heard 
    Howlin' 
    Wolf 

    Every 
    night 
    on 
    the 
    ra
    dio 

    From 
    those 
    airwaves blasting 

    all 
    the way 

    Nogales, 
    Mexico 

    And 
    the 
    duck- 
    tail 
    boys 
    in 
    Saint 
    Cloud 

    Polished 
    up 
    their 
    chords 
    of 
    fame 

    And the 
    armoury 
    show 
    where 

    Buddy 
    Holly 
    sang 

    'The 
    Learning 
    of 
    the 
    Game' 

    Some 
    things 
    never 
    Verse 3
    change 

    On 
    the 
    Mesabi Iron 
    Range 

    Where 
    the north 
    country's 

    rain 
    screams 

    "Don't 
    make 
    me 
    do 
    the work 

    my 
    father 
    did" 

    Bethlehem 
    of 
    the troubadour 

    Interlude 1
    kid 



    Verse 4
    Have 
    you 
    heard 
    the desert 
    wind 
    blow 

    'Cross 
    the City 
    of 
    the 
    Angels? 

    I 
    was 
    that 
    kid 
    playing 
    football 

    In 
    a Catholic 
    school, 

    deep 
    down 
    in 
    Mexican 
    town 

    Richie 
    Valens 
    sang, 

    'La 
    Bamba' 

    It's eighty 
    miles 
    to 
    Tijuana 

    I stole 
    my 
    parent's 
    car 
    one 
    day 

    Never 
    found 
    the 
    dark- 
    eyed 
    ladies 

    in the 
    cow
    boy 
    songs 

    Verse 5
    Just 
    a kid 
    listening 

    To 
    my Uncle 
    George's 
    re
    cord 
    player 

    Where 
    the great 
    vinyl 
    wheel 
    spun 
    'round 

    Its 
    holy 
    prayer 

    And 
    steel 
    guitars 
    in 
    Telecaster bars 

    Of 
    San 
    Joaquin 
    towns 

    And 
    the 'Don't 
    Think 
    Twice 

    It's 
    Alright' 

    Mesabi Holy 
    Ground 

    Verse 6
    Some 
    things 
    never 
    change 

    It's still 
    the learning 
    of 
    the game 

    You 
    might 
    end 
    up 
    on 
    Fifth 
    and 
    Main 

    Please 
    don't 
    make 
    me go 

    out 
    like 
    my 
    father 
    did 

    I 
    wanna 
    sing 
    like 
    the troubadour 
    kid 

    Some 
    things 
    never 
    change 
    Verse 7

    On 
    the 
    Mesabi Iron 
    Range 

    Where 
    the 
    north 
    coun
    try's 

    rain screams 

    "Please 
    don't 
    make 
    me 
    do 

    the work 
    my 
    father 
    did" 

    Bethlehem 
    of 
    the troubadour 
    kid 

    Verse 8
    Some 
    things 
    never 
    change 

    Some 
    things 
    nev
    er 
    change 

    Yeah, 
    some 
    things 
    nev
    er 
    change 

    Outro 1



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