Blind Willie Mctell Ukulele chords by Bob Dylan

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro:
Dm A C G Bb C Dm

Verse 1:
     Dm  A   Dm
Seen the arrow on the doorpost
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Saying this land is condemned
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All the way from New Orleans to Jeruselem
 Dm    A    Dm
I travelled to East Texas
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Where many martyrs fell
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And I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell

Verse 2:
Dm   A         Dm
Well I heard that hooter singing
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As they were taking down the tents
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The stars above the barren trees, Were his only audience
Dm      A   Dm
Them charcoal gypsy maidens
Dm       A    Dm
Can strut their feathers well
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But nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell


Verse 3:
Dm    A        Dm
See them big plantations burning
Dm    A        Dm
Hear the cracking of the whips
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Smell that sweet magnolia blooming, See the ghosts of slavery ships
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I can hear them tribes a moaning
Dm    A      Dm
Hear that undertaker's bell
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Nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell


Verse 4:
Dm       A   Dm
There's a woman by the river
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With some fine young handsome man
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He's dressed up like a squire, Bootleg whiskey in his hand
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There's a chain gang on a highway
Dm  A        Dm
I can hear them rebels yell
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But I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell


Verse 5:
Dm  A      Dm
Well God is up in Heaven
Dm A        Dm
And we are what was his
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But power,greed and corruptable seed, Seem to be all that there is
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I'm gazing out the window
Dm   A     Dm
of the St. James Hotel
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And I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell


Outro:
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Dm A C G Bb C Dm
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