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Intro 1
(D major) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
William (B minor)
Zanzinger killed (F sharp minor) poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane (D major) that he twirled (B minor)
around his (F sharp minor) diamond ring finger
At a (D major) Baltimore hotel (B minor) so
(F sharp minor) ciety gath'rin'
And the (D major) cops were brought (B minor)
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Verse 2
in and his
(F sharp minor) weapon took from him
As they (D major) rode him in cus (B minor) tody down
(F sharp minor) to the station
And booked (D major) William (B minor) Zanzinger for first- (F sharp minor)
degree murder (A major)
Verse 3
Oh, but (A major) (G major) you who (A major) philo (D major) sophize
Dis (B minor) grace (G major) an d criti (A major) cize all (D major) fears
Take (G major) the (A major) rag away (D major) from your face (B minor)
(G major) Now ain't the time (A major) for your tears
(D major)
Verse 4
(D major) William (B minor) Zanzinger, who at
(F sharp minor) twenty- four years
(D major) Owns a tobac (B minor) co farm,
six (F sharp minor) hundred acres
With (D major) rich wealthy par (B minor) ents
who provide (F sharp minor) and protect him
And high (D major) office rela (B minor) tions
in the (F sharp minor) politics of Maryland
Verse 5
Re (D major) acted to his (B minor) deed with a
(F sharp minor) shrug of his shoulders
And swear (D major) words and sneer (B minor) ing,
and his (F sharp minor) tongue it was snarling
In a (D major) matter of minutes (B minor) on (F sharp minor) bail
was out walk (A major) ing
Verse 6
Oh, but (A major) (G major) you who (A major) philo (D major) sophize
Dis (B minor) grace an (G major) d criti (A major) cize all (D major) fears
Take (G major) the (A major) rag away (D major) from your (B minor) face
(G major) Now ain't the time (A major) for your (D major) tears
Verse 7
(D major)
Hattie Car (B minor) roll was a (F sharp minor) maid
of the kitchen
She was (D major) fifty- one years (B minor) old
and gave (F sharp minor) birth to ten children
Who (D major) carried the dishes (B minor)
and took (F sharp minor) out the garbage
And (D major) never sat once (B minor) at the
(F sharp minor) head of the table
And (D major) didn't even talk
Verse 8
(B minor) to
the people (F sharp minor) at the table
Who (A major) just (D major) cleaned (B minor) up all
the food (F sharp minor) from the table
And (A major) emp (D major) tied the ash (B minor) trays
on a (F sharp minor) whole other level
Got (D major) killed by a blow, (B minor)
lay slain (F sharp minor) by a cane
That sailed (A major) (D major) through the
Verse 9
(B minor) air and came
(F sharp minor) down through the room
(A major) Doomed (D major) and determ (B minor) ined to des
(F sharp minor) troy all these gentle
And she (A major) nev (D major) er done (B minor) nothing
to (F sharp minor) William (A major) Zanzinger
Verse 10
Oh, but (G major) you who (A major) philo (D major) sophize
Dis (B minor) grace (G major) an d criticize (A major) all (D major) fears
Take (G major) the (A major) rag away (D major) from your (B minor) face
(G major) Now ain't the time (A major) for your (D major) tears
Interlude 1
(D major) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (F sharp minor)
(A major)
(D major) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (A major) (G major)
(A major) (D major) (B minor) (G major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
(B minor) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 11
In the (D major) courtroom (A major) of (B minor) honor,
the judge (F sharp minor) pounded his gavel
To show (D major) that all's (B minor) equal and that
(F sharp minor) the courts are on the level
And that (D major) the strings in the (B minor) books
ain't pulled (F sharp minor) and persuaded
And that (D major) even the nobles (B minor)
get prop (F sharp minor) erly handled
Verse 12
(D major) Once (A major) that (D major) the cops (B minor) have chased
(F sharp minor) after and caught 'em
And that (A major) the ladder of law (B minor) has no
(F sharp minor) top and no bottom
(D major) Stared at the (B minor) per son
who killed (F sharp minor) for no reason
Who just (D major) happened to be feel (B minor) in'
that (F sharp minor) way without warnin'
Verse 13
(F sharp minor) And he spoke (D major) through his cloak, (B minor)
most (F sharp minor) deep and distinguished (A major)
And handed (D major) out strongly, (B minor)
for (F sharp minor) penalty and repentance
(A major) Willi (D major) am (B minor) Zanzinger with
a six- (F sharp minor) month sen (A major) tence
Verse 14
(A major)
Oh, but (G major) you (A major) who philo (D major) sophize
(B minor) Disgrace (D major) and (G major) criticize (A major) all fears (D major)
(G major) Bury the (A major) rag (D major) deep in your (B minor) face
Now's (G major) the time (A major) for your tears (D major)
Outro 1
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The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez
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