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Philadelphia Lawyer

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    C               G7
Way out in Reno, Nevada,
                          C
Where romance blooms and fades,
                     F
A great Philadelphia lawyer
        C           G7        C
Was in love with a Hollywood maid.
       C                  G7
"Come, love, and we'll go ramblin'
                             C
Down where the lights are so bright.
                                 F
I'll win you a divorce from your husband,
    C           G7        C
And we can get married tonight."
     C                     G7
Wild Bill was a gun-totin' cowboy,
                               C
Ten notches were carved on his gun.
                        F
And all the boys around Reno
      C           G7      C
Left Wild Bill's maiden alone.
    C                     G7
One night when Bill was returning
                             C
From ridin' the range in the cold,
                            F
He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart,
     C           G7        C
Her love was as lasting as gold.
   C                G7
As he drew near her window,
                           C
Two shadows he saw on the shade;
                            F
Twas the great Philadelphia lawyer
        C             G7        C
Makin' love to Bill's Hollywood maid.
    C                         G7
The night was as still as the desert,
                          C
The moon hangin' high overhead.
                                  F
Bill listened a while through the window,
         C           G7            C
He could hear ev'ry word that they said:
      C                       G7
"Your hands are so pretty and lovely,
                           C
Your form is so rare and divine.
                       F
Come go with me to the city¨
     C              G7       C
And leave this wild cowboy behind."
      C                        G7
Now tonight back in old Pennsylvania,
                      C
Among those beautiful pines,
                              F
There's one less Philadelphia lawyer
   C        G7        C
In old Philadelphia tonight.

Philadelphia Lawyer Chords by Woody Guthrie

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