A Complete Unknown - Subterranean Homesick Blues chords by Soundtracks

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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Johnny’s in the basement

Mixing up the medicine

I’m on the pavement

Thinking about the government
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The man in the trench coat

Badge out, laid off

Says he’s got a bad cough

Wants to get it paid off
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Look out kid

It’s somethin’ you did
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God knows when

But you’re doin’ it again
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You better duck down the alley way

Lookin’ for a new friend
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The man in the coon-skin cap

By the big pen
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Wants eleven dollar bills

You only got ten


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Verse 2:
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Maggie comes fleet foot

Face full of black soot

Talkin’ that the heat put

Plants in the bed but
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The phone’s tapped anyway

Maggie says that many say

They must bust in early May

Orders from the D.A.
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Look out kid

Don’t matter what you did
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Walk on your tiptoes

Don’t try “No-Doz”
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Better stay away from those

That carry around a fire hose
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Keep a clean nose

Watch the plain clothes
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You don’t need a weatherman

To know which way the wind blows


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Verse 3:
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Oh, get sick, get well

Hang around a ink well

Ring bell, hard to tell

If anything is goin’ to sell
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Try hard, get barred

Get back, write braille

Get jailed, jump bail

Join the army, if you fail
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Look out kid

You’re gonna get hit
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But losers, cheaters

Six-time users
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Hang around the theaters
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Girl by the whirlpool

Lookin’ for a new fool
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Don’t follow leaders

Watch the parkin’ meters


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Verse 4:
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Ah get born, keep warm

Short pants, romance, learn to dance

Get dressed, get blessed
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Try to be a success

Please her, please him, buy gifts

Don’t steal, don’t lift

Twenty years of schoolin’

And they put you on the day shift
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Look out kid

They keep it all hid
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Better jump down a manhole

Light yourself a candle
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Don’t wear sandals

Try to avoid the scandals
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 Don’t wanna be a bum

You better chew gum
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The pump don’t work

’Cause the vandals took the handles


Outro:
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