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Jim Henry - Blue Wing
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
He had a blue wing tattooed on his shoulder
Well, it might have been a blue bird, I don't Amknow
But he'd get stone drunk and talk about Alaska
The salmon boats and D45 beGlow
[Verse 2]
GHe said he got that blue wing out in Walla Walla
And his cellmate there was Little Willy AmJohn
And Willy, he was once a great blues singer
And Wing and Willy Dwrote him up a Gsong
[Chorus]
GThey said it's dark in here, I can't see the Csky
But I Glook at this blue wing and I close my Deyes
And I fly aGway beyond these Cwalls
Up above the Gclouds where the rain don't Dfall
On a poor man's Emdream C  D  
[Verse 3]
GThey paroled Blue Wing in August of 1963
He moved north picking apples, to the Amtown of Wenatchee
And then the winter finally caught him in a run down trailer park
On the south side of Seattle, where the Gdays grow grey and dark
[Verse 4]
GWell he drank and he dreamt of visions, when the salmon still ran free
And his fathers' fathers crossed that wide and Amwild old Bering Sea
And the land belonged to everyone and there were old songs yet to sing
Now it's narrowed down to a cheap hotel and a Gtattooed prison wing
[Chorus]
GHey, it's dark in here, I can't see the Csky
But I Glook at this blue wing and I close my Deyes
And I fly aGway beyond these Cwalls
Up above the Gclouds where the rain don't Dfall
On a poor man's Emdream C  D  
[Verse 5]
GWell, he drank his way to LA, and that's where he died
And nobody knew his Christian name and there was Amno one there to cry
But I dreamt there was a funeral, a preacher and a cheap pine box
And halfway through the service, that blue Gwing began to talk
[Chorus]
GHe said, it's dark in here, I can't see the Csky
But I Glook at this blue wing and I close my Deyes
And I fly aGway beyond these Cwalls
Up above the Gclouds where the rain don't Dfall
On a poor man's Emdream C  D  
On a poor man's Emdream C  D  
On a poor man's Emdream C  D  G  

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Blue Wing

by Jim Henry

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Jim Henry - Blue Wing

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

He had a blue wing tattooed on his shoulder

Well, it might have been a blue bird, I don't know

But he'd get stone drunk and talk about Alaska

D G

The salmon boats and 45 below

[Verse 2]

He said he got that blue wing out in Walla Walla

And his cellmate there was Little Willy John

And Willy, he was once a great blues singer

D G

And Wing and Willy wrote him up a song

[Chorus]

G C

They said it's dark in here, I can't see the sky

G D

But I look at this blue wing and I close my eyes

G C

And I fly away beyond these walls

G D

Up above the clouds where the rain don't fall

Em C D

On a poor man's dream

[Verse 3]

They paroled Blue Wing in August of 1963

He moved north picking apples, to the town of Wenatchee

And then the winter finally caught him in a run down trailer park

On the south side of Seattle, where the days grow grey and dark

[Verse 4]

Well he drank and he dreamt of visions, when the salmon still ran free

And his fathers' fathers crossed that wide and wild old Bering Sea

And the land belonged to everyone and there were old songs yet to sing

Now it's narrowed down to a cheap hotel and a tattooed prison wing

[Chorus]

G C

Hey, it's dark in here, I can't see the sky

G D

But I look at this blue wing and I close my eyes

G C

And I fly away beyond these walls

G D

Up above the clouds where the rain don't fall

Em C D

On a poor man's dream

[Verse 5]

Well, he drank his way to LA, and that's where he died

And nobody knew his Christian name and there was no one there to cry

But I dreamt there was a funeral, a preacher and a cheap pine box

And halfway through the service, that blue wing began to talk

[Chorus]

G C

He said, it's dark in here, I can't see the sky

G D

But I look at this blue wing and I close my eyes

G C

And I fly away beyond these walls

G D

Up above the clouds where the rain don't fall

Em C D

On a poor man's dream

Em C D

On a poor man's dream

Em C D G

On a poor man's dream

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