Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Artist: The Lumineers
Song: Subterranean Homesick Blues (acoustic) (cover of Bob Dylan's song)
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmvFHrNEo94
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd0qfYLA140
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07QfY1CvPU
Transcription: SCA, kostya.levin.sca@gmail.com
Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret!
Chords used:
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
D: x.x.0.2.3.2
E: 0.2.2.1.0.0
G: 3.2.0.0.3.x
Verse:
Am
Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
D
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
Am
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
E
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Am
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Break:
Am
Verse:
Am
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
D
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Am
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
E
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
Am
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Break:
Am
E G Am
Verse:
Am
Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
D
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
Am
By losers, cheaters
Six-time users
Hangin' 'round the theaters
E
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Am
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters
Break:
Am
E G Am
Verse:
(Am)
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
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
(D)
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
(Am)
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
(E)
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
(Am)
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles
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Subterranean Homesick Blues chords and lyrics

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Artist: The Lumineers
Song: Subterranean Homesick Blues (acoustic) (cover of Bob Dylan's song)
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmvFHrNEo94
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd0qfYLA140
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07QfY1CvPU
Transcription: SCA, kostya.levin.sca@gmail.com 
Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret!
Chords used:
Am:  x.0.2.2.1.0
D:   x.x.0.2.3.2
E:   0.2.2.1.0.0
G:   3.2.0.0.3.x
Verse:
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
It's somethin' you did
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
In the big pen
You only got ten
Break:
Am
Verse:
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Don't matter what you did
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Watch the plain clothes
To know which way the wind blows
Break:
Am
E   G   Am
Verse:
Hang around a ink well

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