Incident At Conklin Creek chords by Richmond Fontaine

• Capo on 2nd

Key: A

Capo 2

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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We were camping in the desert near some old mines
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For a week we walked around the deserted old shafts
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That's when we found the body
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It was covered in dirt and gravel
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The only thing showing were the feet
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One shoe on and the other just a worn out sock

Verse 2:
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My dad he uncovered him and said the boy wasn't even 20
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Black eyes, broken nose, and teeth missing
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He wore a red flannel coat but he wore no pants
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And dad said he'd probably only been dead the last couple of days
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'Cause there was no smell and you could still see life, life in his face

[Instrumental]
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Verse 3:
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We drove into town and we called the police
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And watched them as they took the body away
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We stayed the night in a roadside motel
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Dad had a bottle of "Old Crow" and he finished it
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As he lay passed out, oh I knew I'd never sleep
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'Cause it could have been my dad or me
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What they ended up calling "the incident at Conklin Creek"

Outro:
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