Subterranean Homesick Blues Chords

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A7                       A
Johnny's in the basement mixing up 

the medicine
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I'm on the pavement thinking 

about the government
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The man in the trench coat, badge out, 

laid off
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Says he's got a bad cough, wants to 

get it paid off
D7
Look out kid, it's something you did
A7                         A
God knows when, but you're doing it again
           A7                      
You better duck down the alleyway, 
A
looking for a new friend
    E7
The man in the coonskin cap in the pig pen
      A7                   
Wants eleven dollar bills, 
    A
but you only got ten
 
A7                       
Maggie comes fleet foot, 
A
face full of black soot
A7                       A
Talking that the heat put plants 

in the bed but
A7                       A
The phone's tapped anyway, 

Maggie says that many say
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They must bust in early May, 

orders from the D.A.
D7
Look out kid, don't matter what you did
A7                         A
Walk on your tip toes, don't try No Doz
A7                         A
Better stay away from those that 

carry around a fire hose
E7
Keep a clean nose, watch the plain clothes
A7                         A
You don't need a weather man to know 

which way the wind blows
A7                      
Ah, get sick, get well, 
   A
hang around the Ink Well
A7                         A
Ring a bell, hard to tell if anything 

is going to sell
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Try hard, get barred, get back, 

write braille
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Get jailed, jump bail, join the army, 

if you fail
D7
Look out kid, you're gonna get hit
A7                         A
But losers, cheaters, six-time users
A7                         A
Hanging 'round the theaters
E7
Girl by the whirlpool's 

looking for a new fool
A7                    
Don't follow leaders, 
     A
and watch your parking meters
A7                         A
Ah get born, keep warm, short pants, 

romance, learn to dance
A7                        
Get dressed, get blessed, 
 A
try to be a success
A7                         A
Please her, please him, buy gifts, 

don't steal, don't lift
A7                         A
Twenty years of schooling and 

they put you on the day shift
D7
Look out kid, they keep it all hid
A7                         A
Better jump down a manhole, 

light yourself a candle
A7                  
Don't wear sandals, 
       A
try to avoid the scandals
E7
Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew gum
A7                         A
The pump don't work 'cause the vandals 

took the handle