Subterranean Homesick Blues

Accordi Subterranean Homesick Blues

Intro:
LA7

LA7
Johnny's in the basement

Mixing up the medicine

I'm on the pavement

Thinking about the government

The man in a trench coat

Badge out, laid off

Says he's got a bad cough

Wants to get it paid off
RE7
Look out, kid

It's somethin' you did
LA7
God knows when

But you're doin' it again
       
You better duck down the alley way

Lookin' for a new friend
  
MI7
A man in a coon-skin cap

In a pig pen
       
LA7
Wants eleven dollar bills

You only got ten...

LA7
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 DA
RE7
Look out, kid

Don't matter what you did
LA7
Walk on your tip toes

Don't tie no bows

Better stay away from those

That carry around a fire hose
MI7
 Keep a clean nose

Watch the plainclothes
    
LA7
You don't need a weather man

To know which way the wind blows...

    
LA7
Ah, get sick, get well

Hang around an ink well

Ring bell, hard to tell

If anything is gonna sell

Try hard, get barred

Get back, write Braille

Get jailed, jump bail
               
Join the army, if you fail
RE7
Look out kid
       
You're gonna get hit
   
LA7
By losers, cheaters

Six-time users

Hanging 'round the theaters
MI7
Girl by the whirlpool is

Lookin' for a new fool
LA7
Don't follow leaders

Watch the parkin' meters...

    
LA7
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
RE7
Look out kid

They keep it all hid
       
LA7
Better jump down a manhole

Light yourself a candle

Don't wear sandals

Try to avoid the scandals
MI7
 Don't wanna be a bum
             
You better chew gum
    
LA7
The pump don't work

'Cause the vandals took the handles...