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(The Am-D progression in the verses is played with Am for three bars and D for one)
verse 1:
E B7 Am D
Well the cold has a hard time finding me
E B7 Am D
Unlike some folks I know
E B7 Am D
Yeah all the men down in union square
E B7 Am
Are worried about the snow
Am
When your pockets fill
D
With dollar bills
Am D
Your heart forgets to eat
E B7
Its a wicked thing
E
It owns this street
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E Am D Am D
Yeah fix your boots or take me home says quick monique the freak
E Am D Am D
I need an easy dollar are you trick or are you treat
E
Well if she was six teeth younger and if i had half a mind
B7 E
I’d carry her away from that wicked thing outside
verse 2:
E B7 Am D
Well i saw a carried bundle
E B7 Am D
that has fingers eyes and toes
E B7 Am D
As a father of deception
E B7 Am
i have never raised a soul
Am D Am D
It’s a purchase captured second hand and cherished more than gold
E B7 E
It’s a shelter from that wicked thing that wanders in the night
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E Am D Am D
Yeah fix your boots or take me home says quick monique the freak
E Am D Am D
I need an easy dollar are you trick or are you treat
E
Well if she was six teeth younger and if i had half a mind
B7 E
I’d carry her away from that wicked thing outside
Am D Am D
The water on the dirty streets has all but turned to ice
E B7 E
To pave the road for wicked things that wander in the night