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Tombstone Blues chords by 
Tim O'brien
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Intro 1
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
Verse 1
The sweet pretty things are
C
G
in bed now of course
C
The city fathers they're trying to endorse
G
C
The reincarnation
G
of Paul Revere's horse
C
But the town has no need
G
to be nervous.
Verse 2
C
The ghost of Belle Star she hands
G
down her wits
To Jezebel the nun she viol
C
G
ently knits
C
G
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
C
At the head of the chamber
G
of commerce.
C
Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got no
Verse 3
G
shoes
C
Daddy's in the alley
G
He's lookin' for food.
C
And I'm in the kitchen
G
C
G
With the tombstone blues.
C
G
C
G
C
G
Verse 4
G
C
The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
G
Screaming she moans,
C
"I've just been made"
G
C
Then sends out for the doctor
who pulls down the shade
G
C
Says, "My advice is to not
G
let the boys in".
Verse 5
G
C
Now the medicine man comes
G
and shuffles inside
He walks with a swagger
C
and he says to be bride
G
C
"Stop all this weeping,
G
swallow your pride
C
G
You will not die, it's not poison".
C
Mama's in
Verse 6
the fact'ry
G
She ain't got no shoes
C
Daddy's in the alley
G
He's lookin' for food.
C
And I'm in the kitchen
G
With the tombstone blues.
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
Verse 7
G
C
The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone
G
C
Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
G
C
At Delilah who's sitting
G
worthlessly alone
C
But the tears on her cheeks
G
they're from laughter.
Verse 8
G
C
I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
G
I would set him in chains
C
at the top of the hill
G
C
Then send out for some
G
pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
C
G
He could die happily ever after.
C
Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got
Verse 9
G
no shoes
C
Daddy's in the alley
G
He's lookin' for food.
C
And I'm in the kitchen
G
C
With the tombstone blues.
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
Verse 10
G
F
Where Ma Raney and Beethoven
C
G
once unwrapped their bed roll
Tuba players now rehearse
C
around the flagpole
G
C
And the National Bank at a profit
G
sells road maps for the soul
C
G
To the old folks home and the college.
C
I wish I could write you a melody
Verse 11
G
so plain
That could hold you dear
C
lady from going insane
G
C
That could ease you and cool
you and cease all the pain
G
C
Of your useless and pointless knowledge
G
C
Mama's
Verse 12
in the fact'ry
G
She ain't got no shoes
C
Daddy's in the alley
G
He's lookin' for food
C
And I'm in the kitchen
Outro 1
With the tombstone blues.
G
C
G
C
G
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