Chords:
{t:Blind Willie McTell }
{artist: Bob Dylan}
{key: Dm}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uf5gi3E_rQ capo 1
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[Dm] [Dm] [A7] [Dm] [Dm]
Seen the [Dm] arrow [A7] on the door-[Dm]post
Saying, "This land [A7] is con-[Dm]demned
All the [A7] way from [C] New Or-[G]leans
[Bb] To Jer-[C]usa-[Dm]lem."
I traveled [A7] through East [Dm] Texas
Where many [A7] martyrs [Dm] fell
And I know no [A7] one can [C] sing the [G] blues
Like [Bb] Blind Willie [C] Mc-[Dm]Tell
Well, I [Dm] heard the [A7] hoot owl [Dm] singing
As they were [A7] taking down the [Dm] tents
The stars a-[A7]bove the [C] barren [G] trees
Were his [Bb] only au-[C]dience [Dm]
Them charcoal [A7] gypsy [Dm] maidens
Can strut their [A7] feathers [Dm] well
But no-[A7]body can [C] sing the [G] blues
Like [Bb] Blind Willie [C] Mc-[Dm]Tell
[Dm] See them [A7] big plantations [Dm] burning
Hear the [A7] cracking of the [Dm] whips
Smell that sweet mag-[A7]nolia [C] blooming [G]
see the [Bb] ghosts of [C] slavery [Dm] ships
I can hear them [A7] tribes a-[Dm]moaning
hear the [A7] undertaker's [Dm] bell
But no-[A7] body can [C] sing the [G] blues
Like [Bb] Blind Willie [C] Mc-[Dm]Tell
There's a [Dm] woman [A7] by the [Dm] river
With some [A7] fine young handsome [Dm] man
He's dressed up [A7] like a squire [C] [G]
[Bb] Bootlegged [C] whiskey in his [Dm] hand
There's a chain gang [A7] on the [Dm] highway
I can hear them [A7] rebels [Dm] yell
And I know no [A7] one [C] can sing the [G] blues
[Bb] Like Blind [C] Willie Mc-[Dm]Tell
Well, [Dm] God is [A7] in hea-[Dm]ven
And we all [A7] want what's [Dm] his
But power and [A7] greed and [C] corruptible [G] seed
[Bb] Seem to be [C] all that there [Dm] is
I'm gazing [A7] out the [Dm] window
Of the St. [A7] James Ho-[Dm]tel
And I know no [A7] one [C] can sing the [G] blues
[Bb] Like Blind [C] Willie Mc-[Dm]Tell
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