Subterranean Homesick Blues chords by
Theo Hakola
Theo Hakola

N/A
Key: A major
Intro 1
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D
D
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Gm
Gm
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John
Verse 1
is in the basement
mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat,
badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough, wants to get
C
C
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G
Look out, kid, it's something you did
God knows when,
but you're doing it again
You better jump down the alleyway
looking for a new friend
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D
The man in the clean -skinned cap
and the pink pin
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G
Wants eleven dollar bills,
but you only got ten
Maggie talks sweet foot,
face full of black soot
Talking at the heat,
foot plants in the bed
But the phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says the menus
say they must bust
Family May, orders from the D .A.
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C
Look out, kid, no matter what you did
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G
Walk on your tiptoes,
don't try to know those
Better stay away from those
who carry round a fire hose
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D
Keep your clean nose,
wash the plain clothes
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G
You don't need a weatherman
to know which way the wind blows
Gm
Gm
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G
F
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G
Gm
Gm
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Get sick, get well,
hang around the inkwell,
hang bail, hawk's tail,
if anything it's gonna sell.
Try hard, get bought, get back,
write braille, get jailed, jump bail,
join the army if it fails.
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C
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G
Without a kid, you're gonna get hit by users,
cheaters,
six -time users,
hanging around, around the theaters.
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D
Girl by the whirlpool,
looking for a new tool,
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G
going follow leaders,
Gm
Gm
watch the parking meters.
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Gm
Gm
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music music music music
Gm
Gm
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Gm
Gm
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Gm
Gm
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D
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Gm
Gm
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Get born, keep warm,
short pants, romance, learn to dance, get dressed, get blessed,
try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy her gifts,
don't steal, don't lift
20 years of schooling
Gm
Gm
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G
and they put you on vacation
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C
Look out kid, they keep it all hid
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G
Better chug down the mammal,
light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals,
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D
try to force a scandal
Don't wanna be a bum,
you better chew gum
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G
The pump don't work
cause the vandals took the
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Gm
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handle
Johnny's in the basement,
mixing up the medicine
And I'm on the pavement,
thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat,
that child laid off
Says he's got a bad cough,
won't sleep, he'd pay off
C
C
Look out kid, it's something you did
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G
God knows when,
but you're giving it again
You bet I'll jump down the alleyway
I'm looking for a new friend
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D
A man in a green skin
Cap in a pink hand
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G
What's eleven dollar bills
When you only got ten?
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F
G
G
D
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You
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G

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D Gm C F