The Ballad of Hollis Brown

The Ballad of Hollis Brown easy guitar chords by Nazareth

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Hollis 
    Brown 
    he lived, 

    on 
    the outside 
    of town 

    Hollis 
    Brown 
    he 
    lived, 

    on 
    the outside 
    of town 

    With his 
    wife 
    and 
    five 
    children 

    In his cabin 
    broken 
    down 

    Verse 2

    He 
    looked 
    for 
    work 
    and 
    money, 

    and 
    he walked 
    a ragged 
    mile 

    He looked 
    for 
    work 
    and 
    money, 

    and he 
    walked 
    a ragged 
    mile 

    Your 
    children 
    are 
    so 
    hungry 

    Verse 3
    That they 
    don't 
    know 
    how to smile 


    Your 
    baby's 
    eyes 
    look 
    crazy 

    and they're tuggin' 
    at your 
    sleeve 

    Your 
    baby's 
    eyes 
    look crazy 
    and 

    they're 
    tuggin' 
    at 
    your sleeve 

    You 
    walk 
    the floor 
    and you wonder 
    why 

    Verse 4
    With 
    every 
    breath 
    you breathe 


    The 
    rats 
    have got your 
    flour, 

    bad 
    blood it 
    got 
    your 
    mare 

    The 
    rats 
    have got your 
    flour, 

    bad 
    blood it 
    got 
    your 
    mare 

    Is there 
    anyone 
    that 
    knows 

    Interlude 1
    Is there 
    anyone 
    that 
    cares 


    Verse 5
    You 
    prayed 
    to the 
    Lord 
    above 

    to please send 
    you a 
    friend 

    You 
    prayed 
    to the 
    Lord 
    above 
    to 

    please send 
    you a friend 

    Your 
    empty 
    pockets 
    tell 
    you 

    Interlude 2
    That 
    you ain't 
    got 
    no friend 


    Verse 6
    Your 
    baby's 
    cryin' 
    louder 
    now 

    it's poundin' 
    on 
    your brain 

    Your 
    baby's 
    a cryin' 
    louder 
    now 

    it's poundin' 
    on your 
    brain 

    Your 
    wife's 
    screams 
    are 
    a stabbin' 
    you 

    Interlude 3
    Like 
    dirty, 
    drivin' 
    rain 


    Verse 7
    Your 
    grass 
    is 
    turnin' 
    black 
    and 

    there's 
    no 
    water 
    in 
    your 
    well 

    Your 
    grass 
    is turnin' 
    black 
    and there's 

    no 
    water 
    in 
    your well 

    You spent 
    your 
    last 
    lone 
    dollar 

    On them 
    seven 
    shotgun 
    shell

    Interlude 4

    Verse 8
    Way 
    out 
    in 
    the wilderness 

    cold 
    coyote 
    calls 

    Way out 
    in 
    the 
    wilderness 

    a cold 
    coyote 
    calls 

    Your 
    eyes 
    fix 
    on 
    the shotgun 

    Verse 9
    That's 
    hangin' 
    on the 
    wall 


    Your 
    brain 
    it 
    is 
    a bleedin' 
    and 
    your legs 

    can't 
    seem 
    to stand 

    Your brain 
    it 
    is a bleedin' 
    and your 

    legs 
    can't 
    seem 
    to stand 

    Your 
    eyes 
    fix 
    on 
    the shotgun 

    That you're 
    holdin' 
    in your 
    hand 

    Verse 10
    There's 
    seven 
    breezes 
    blowin' 

    around 
    the cabin 
    door 

    There's 
    seven 
    breezes 
    blowin' 

    all around 
    the 
    cabin 
    door 

    Seven 
    shots 
    ring out 

    Verse 11
    Like the 
    oceans 
    pounding 
    roar 


    There's 
    seven 
    people 
    dead 
    on 

    a South 
    Dakota 
    farm 

    There's seven 
    people 
    dead 
    on 

    a South 
    Dakota 
    farm 

    Somewhere 
    in the 
    distance 

    Outro 1
    There's 
    seven 
    new 
    people 
    born. 



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