the slant chords by Augie March

SimplifiedG · Em · C · Gsus4 · D

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Intro 1
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 (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (Gsus4)  (G major) 
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 (C major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (C major) 

Verse 1
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 (C major) Benny the boy  (G major) in front of me,
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 (E minor) he was only  (G major)  (E minor) 16, lifted up  (G major) my axe and down slid  (C major) his head
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Like  (G major) a  cord of wood, not for me  (C major) the old pine,  (E minor) 
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not for me the  (C major) ankle  (E minor) iron, rest  (C major) in the end  (D major) 
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The road  (E minor) will do me fine,
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 (G major) fine,  (D major) fine,  (G major) fine, just fine  (C major) 
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So they sent me down  (G major) to
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Bethlehem  (E minor) 
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Sung me up to more  (G major) relief
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 (E minor) I was just a petty  (G major) thief,
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 (C major) no account, no  (G major) reward
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Sent my  (C major) love to my sis (E minor) ter in
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the female  (C major) fact (E minor) ory
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The mother of  (C major)  (E minor) the day wouldn't be drinkin' wine,  (G major) wine, wine, wine,
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wine  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (C major) 
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This light of winter  (G major) light,
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 (E minor) break upon my stone before  (D major) the night  (E minor) 
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Hushes in the chill,  (G major)  (E minor) I   have no  (G major) sight,
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 (C major) I have no  (G major) sight
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But did they bathe  (C major) the street (D major) s of
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Hobart  (E minor) town
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Locked the old  (C major)  (E minor) forest down
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For the breast  (C major)  (E minor) of  king and crown
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For honey,  (G major) honey, honey, honey
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Did they bathe  (C major) the  (D major) streets of
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 (E minor) Hobart town
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Locked the old  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor) forest down  (C major) 
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For depressive king  (E minor) and crown,
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for  (D major) honey,  (G major) honey,  (D major) hon (G major) ey, honey
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Milk and honey,  (C major) my ass
Of the
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Ap (E minor) plause
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