The Ballad Of Hollis Brown chords by
The Pretty Things

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Key: D minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children

Verse 2
And his cabin fallin' down
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You looked for work and money
And you walked a rugged mile
You looked for work and money
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And you walked a rugged mile
Your children are so hungry
That they don't know how

Interlude 1

to smile

Verse 3
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Your baby's eyes look crazy
They're a- tuggin' at
your sleeve
Your baby's eyes look crazy
They're a- tuggin' at your sleeve
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You walk the floor and wonder
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why

Verse 4
With every breath you breathe
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The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
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If there's anyone that knows
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Is there anyone that cares?

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Verse 5
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You prayed to the Lord above
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Oh please send you a friend
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You prayed to the Lord above
Oh please send you a friend
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Your empty pockets tell yuh
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That you ain't a- got no friend
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Verse 6
Your babies are crying louder
It's pounding on your brain
Your babies are crying louder
It's pounding on your brain
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Your wife's screams
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are stabbin' you

Interlude 3
Like the dirty drivin' rain
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Verse 7
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Your grass it is turning black
There's no water in your well
Your grass is turning black
There's no water in your well
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You spent your last lone dollar
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On seven shotgun shells
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Verse 8
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Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness
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A cold coyote calls
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Your eyes  fix on the shotgun
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That's hangin' on the wall

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Verse 9
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Your brain is a- bleedin'
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And your legs   can't seem to stand
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Your brain is a-  bleedin'
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And your legs can't seem to stand
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Your eyes fix on  the shotgun
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That you're holdin' in your
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hand
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Verse 10
There's seven breezes a- blowin'
All around the cabin door
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There's seven breezes
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a- blowin'
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All around the cabin door
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Seven shots ring out
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Like the ocean's pounding roar

Interlude 5

Verse 11
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There's seven people dead
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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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