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Take My Blanket and Go, by Joe Purdy
Play all chords barred, not open.
  D    F#m    G(x4)
Well the sDun is sF#minking lGow
And the hDour is gF#metting lBmateA  
YGou need sAomething that DI can't live witGhout
BDut I'll git it anGywaysA  
WDe are really in tF#mrouble this tGime
WDe got nothing lF#meft to blaBmmeA  
TGhey threw you dAown and they cDalled you naGmes
BDut I loved you just the sGameA  
SDo won't you take my blanket and gGo?
WDon't you take my blanket and Ago?
WDon't you take my Gblanket and Ago?
ABmnd ease your troubled sGoul, if I Awant to if I Dmay (??)
Yeah now Dwhat else can F#myou do nGow?
You got nDothing, you got F#mnothing at aBmllA  
Cause I Gthrew you a rAope, and you gDrabbed and it bGroke
GDot nothing left in my hGandsA  
(chorus, ending with "Ease a troubled soul, I want your weary arms")
(chorus, ending with "Ease a troubled soul, when that cold wind blows, I want your weary arms")

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Take My Blanket And Go

by Joe Purdy

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F#m

Take My Blanket and Go, by Joe Purdy

Play all chords barred, not open.

D F#m G

(x4)

D F#m G

Well the sun is sinking low

D F#m Bm A

And the hour is getting late

G A D G

You need something that I can't live without

D G A

But I'll git it anyways

D F#m G

We are really in trouble this time

D F#m Bm A

We got nothing left to blame

G A D G

They threw you down and they called you names

D G A

But I loved you just the same

D G

So won't you take my blanket and go?

D A

Won't you take my blanket and go?

D G A

Won't you take my blanket and go?

Bm G A D

And ease your troubled soul, if I want to if I may (??)

D F#m G

Yeah now what else can you do now?

D F#m Bm A

You got nothing, you got nothing at all

G A D G

Cause I threw you a rope, and you grabbed and it broke

D G A

Got nothing left in my hands

(chorus, ending with "Ease a troubled soul, I want your weary arms")

(chorus, ending with "Ease a troubled soul, when that cold wind blows, I want your weary arms")

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