Subterranean Homestick Blues
( D7 A/D A/D A/D A/D )
A D
Johnny's in the basement
A D
Mixing up the medicine
A D
I'm on the pavement
A D
Thinking about the government
A D
The man in the trench coat
A D
Badge out, laid off
A D
Says he's got a bad cough
A D
Wants to get it paid off
D7 D
Look out kid
D7 D
It's somethin' you did
A D
God knows when
A D
But you're doin' it again
A D
You better duck down the alley way
A D
Lookin' for a new friend
E7 D7 E7
The man in the coon-skin cap
D7
In the big pen
A D
Wants eleven dollar bills
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You only got ten
( harmonijka - D )
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try ”No Doz”
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles