Subterranean Homesick Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
[D]Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
[A]God knows [Am]when
But you're doing it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
[E]A man in the coonskin cap,
in the pig pen
Wants el[Am]even dollar bills,
you only got ten
[A]

[Verse 2]
[Am]
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., [D]look out kid
Don't matter what you did
[Am]Walk on your tip toes
Don't tie no bows
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
[E]Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You [Am]don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind
blows
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[Verse 3]
Oh, get sick, get well
Hang around a inkwell
Hang bail, 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
[E]Look [D]out kid
You're gonna get hit
But [Am]losers, cheaters
Six- time users
Hangin' 'round the theaters
[E]Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
[Am]Don't fol[A]low leaders,
[Am]watch the parkin' meters

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
Oh, [A]get born, [Am]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 [A]out [D]kid
They keep it all hid
Better [Am]jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
[E]Don't want to be a bum
You better chew gum
The [Am]pump don't work

[Outro 1]
'Cause the vandals took the handles
[A]