The Ballad Of Hollis Brown chords by The Pretty Things
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Intro 1
(A minor)
Verse 1
Hollis Brown (A minor)
He lived on the outside of town
Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children
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Verse 2
And his cabin fallin' down
(A minor)
You looked for work and money
And you walked a rugged mile
You looked for work and money
(A major) And you (A minor) walked a rugged mile
Your children are so hungry
That they don't know how
Interlude 1
to smile
(A minor)
Verse 3
Your baby's (A minor) eyes look crazy
They're a- tuggin' at
your sleeve
Your baby's eyes look crazy
They're a- tuggin' at your sleeve
You (A major) walk the floor and wonder
(G major) why (A minor)
Verse 4
With every breath you breathe
(A minor)
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
If there's (A major) anyone that knows (A minor) (A major)
Is there anyone (A minor) that cares?
Interlude 2
(A minor)
Verse 5
You (A minor) prayed to the Lord above
(A major) Oh please send (A minor) you a friend
(A major) You prayed (A minor) to the Lord above
Oh please send you a friend
Your (A major) empty pockets tell yuh
That (A minor) you ain't a- (A major) got no friend
(A minor)
Verse 6
Your babies are crying louder
It's pounding on your brain
Your babies are crying louder
It's pounding on your brain
Your wife's (A major) screams
are stabbin' (A minor) you
Interlude 3
Like the dirty drivin' rain
(A minor) (A major)
(A minor)
(A major) (A minor) (A major) (A minor)
Verse 7
Your grass (A minor) it is turning black
There's no water in your well
Your grass is turning black
There's no water in your well
You spent (A major) your last lone (G major) dollar
(A major) On seven shotgun shell (A minor) s
(A major) (A minor)
Verse 8
(A minor) Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness
(A major) A cold (A minor) coyote calls (A major) (A minor)
Your eye (A major) s fix on the shotgun
That's hangin' on the (A minor) wall
Interlude 4
(A minor) (A major) (A minor)
Verse 9
Your brain (A minor) is a- bleedin'
And (A major) your leg (A minor) s can't seem to stand
(A major) Your brain is (A minor) a- bleed (A major) in'
And your legs can't (A minor) seem to stand
(A major) Your eyes fix (A minor) on the shot (G major) gun
(A major) That you're (A minor) holdin' in (A major) your
hand (A minor)
(A major) (A minor)
Verse 10
There's seven breezes a- blowin'
All around the cabin door
(A major) (A minor) (A major) (A minor)
(A major) There's seven breezes (A minor)
a- blow (A major) in'
All around the cabin door (A minor) (A major) (A minor)
Sev (A major) en shots ring out
Like the ocean's pounding (A minor) roar
Interlude 5
(A minor) (A major) (A minor)
(A major) (A minor)
(A major) (A minor)
(A minor) (A minor)
Verse 11
There's seven (A minor) people dead
On a South (A major) Dakota farm
There's seven people dead
On a South Dakota farm
Somewhere in the distance
Outro 1
There's seven new people born
The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
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