Key West Philosopher Pirate chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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 McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
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Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall
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‪Say it to me, if you got something to confess
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I heard all about it, he was going down slow ‬
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‪I heard it all, wireless radio ‬
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‪From down in the moon dogs way down in Key West ‬

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‪I’m searching for love, for inspiration ‬
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 ‪On that pirate radio station
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‪Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest ‬
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‪Radio signal’s clear as can be
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‪I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see ‬
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‪Down on the flat lands, way down in Key West


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‪Key West is the place to be ‬
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‪If you’re looking for immortality ‬
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‪Stay on the road, follow the highway sign ‬
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‪Key West is fine and fair, ‬
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‪If you lost your mind, you will find it there
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‪Key West is on the horizon line


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‪I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track
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‪Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
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‪Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest ‬
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‪Well, it might not be the thing to do ‬
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‪But I’m sticking with you through and through ‬
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‪Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West

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‪I got both of my feet planted square on the ground ‬
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‪Got my right hand high, with the thumb down ‬
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‪Such is life, such is happiness
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‪Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here
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‪If you wear one, put it behind your ear
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‪Down in the bottom, way down in Key West ‬


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‪Key West is the place to go
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‪Down by the Gulf of Mexico ‬
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‪Beyond the city, beyond the sifting sands
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‪Key West is the gateway key ‬
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‪to innocence and purity ‬
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‪Key West, Key West is the enchanted land


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‪I’ve never lived in the land of Oz ‬
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‪Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause ‬
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‪It’s hot down here, and you can’t be overdressed
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‪China blossoms of a toxic plant ‬
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‪They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't
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‪Down in the flat lands way down in Key West ‬


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‪Well the fish tail ponds, and the orchid trees
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‪They can give you that bleeding heart disease
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‪People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness ‬
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‪On Newton Street, Bay view Park ‬
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‪Walking in the shadow after dark ‬
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‪Down under, way down in Key West ‬


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 ‪I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
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 ‪I know all the Hindu rituals ‬
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‪People tell me that I’m truly blessed ‬
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Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring
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Winter here is an unknown thing
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Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West


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Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun
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You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right
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 Feel the sunlight on your skin, the healing virtues of the wind
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 Key West, Key West is the land of light


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 Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
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I’m not that far, before I come back home
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I do what I think is right, what I think is best
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History street off off Mallory Square
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 Truman had his White House there
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East bound, west bound, way down in Key West


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 Twelve years old, they put me in a suit
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 Forced me to marry a prostitute
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There were gold fringes on her wedding dress
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That’s my story, but not where it ends
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She’s still cute, and we’re still friends
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Down on the bottom, way down in Key West


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 I play both sides against the middle
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Trying to pick up the pirate radio signal
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I heard the news, the heard it last week friends
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 Fly around my pretty little Miss
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I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss
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Down on the bottom, way down in Key West


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 Key West is the place to be
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If you’re looking for immortality
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Key West is paradise divine
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 Key West is fine and fair
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If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there
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Key West is on the horizon line


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