Tombstone Blues - Richie Havens Chords
Chords: F5, F7, F7sus4, F, Bb, G, C7
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Genre: blues, folk, soul
(with minor changes and additions I created.)
[Intro]
F5 F7 F5 F7sus4 F5 F7
[Verse 1]
F F5 Bb
The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course
F5 F Bb
The city fathers they’re trying to endorse
F5 F Bb F
The reincarnation of Paul Revere’s horse
Bb G F
But the town has no need to be nervous
F Bb F
The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits
F Bb F
To Jezebel the nun she violently knits
F Bb F
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
Bb F
At the head of the chamber of commerce
[Chorus]
Bb
Mama’s in the factory
F
She ain't got no shoes
Bb
Daddy’s in the alley
F
He’s lookin' for food
Bb
I am in the kitchen
C7
With the tombstone blues
F7 F
(Yeah Yeah)
[Bridge]
F5 F7 F5 F7sus4 F5 F7
[Verse 2]
F F5 Bb
The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
F5 F Bb
Screaming she moans, “I’ve just been made”
F5 F Bb F
Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade
Bb G F
And says, “My advice is to not let the boys in”
F Bb F
Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside
F Bb F
He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
F Bb F
“Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
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