Key: C minor
Verse 1
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In Scarlet Town,
where I was born
There's ivy leaf and silver thorn
The streets have names that you
can't pronounce
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F
Gold is down to a quarter of an ounce
Verse 2
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The music starts and the
people sway
Everybody says,
"Are you going my way?"
Uncle Tom still workin' for Uncle Bill
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F
Scarlet Town is under the hill
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Verse 3
Scarlet Town in the month of May
Sweet William Holme on
his deathbed lay
Mistress Mary by the side of the bed
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Kissin' his face,
F
heapin' prayers on his head
Verse 4
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So brave and true, so gentle is he
I'll weep for him as he'd weep for me
Little Boy Blue come blow your horn
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In Scarlet Town,
F
where I was born
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Verse 5
Scarlet Town, in the hot noon hours
There's palm-leaf shadows shadows
and scattered flowers
Beggars crouching at the gate
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F
Help comes, but it comes too late
Verse 6
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By marble slabs and in fields of stone
You make your humble
wishes known
I touched the garment,
but the hem was torn
Ab
In Scarlet Town,
F
where I was born
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Verse 7
In Scarlet Town, the end is near
The Seven Wonders of the World are here
The evil and the good, livin' side by side
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F
All human forms seem glorified
Verse 8
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Put your heart on a platter
and see who'll bite
See who'll hold you and kiss
you good night
There's walnut groves
and maplewood
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In Scarlet Town cryin',
F
won't do no good
Interlude 1
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Ab
F
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Verse 9
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In Scarlet Town,
you fight your father's foes
Up on the hill, a chilly wind blows
You fight 'em on high and you
fight 'em down in
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You fight 'em with whiskey,
F
morphine and gin
Verse 10
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You've got legs that can
drive men mad
A lot of things we didn't
do, that I wish we had
In Scarlet Town, the sky is clear
Ab
You'll wish to God that
F
you stayed right here
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Verse 11
Set 'em Joe, play "Walkin' the Floor"
Play it for my flat-chested junkie
junkie whore
I'm staying up late,
I'm making amends
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F
While we smile, our heaven descends
Verse 12
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If love is a sin, then beauty is a crime
All things are beautiful, in their time
The black and the white,
the yellow and the brown
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It's all right there in front
F
of you in Scarlet Town
Outro 1
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