Chords with lyrics
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 Dm A Dm Saying this land is condemned Dm A C G Bb C Dm All the way from New Orleans to Jeruselem Dm A Dm I travelled to East Texas Dm A Dm Where many martyrs fell Dm A C G Bb C Dm And I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell
Verse 2: Dm A Dm Well I heard that hooter singing Dm A Dm As they were taking down the tents Dm A C G Bb C Dm 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 Dm A C G Bb C Dm 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 Dm A C G Bb C Dm Smell that sweet magnolia blooming, See the ghosts of slavery ships Dm A Dm I can hear them tribes a moaning Dm A Dm Hear that undertaker's bell Dm A C G Bb C Dm Nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell Verse 4: Dm A Dm There's a woman by the river Dm A Dm With some fine young handsome man Dm A C G Bb C Dm He's dressed up like a squire, Bootleg whiskey in his hand Dm A Dm There's a chain gang on a highway Dm A Dm I can hear them rebels yell Dm A C G Bb C Dm 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 Dm A C G Bb C Dm But power,greed and corruptable seed, Seem to be all that there is Dm A Dm I'm gazing out the window Dm A Dm of the St. James Hotel Dm A C G Bb C Dm And I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell Outro: Dm A Dm Dm A Dm Dm A C G Bb C Dm Dm A Dm Dm A Dm Dm A C G Bb C Dm
