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RR : August 2025

  1. Subterranean Homesick Blues
  2. Canadee-i-o
  3. Thunder Road
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Subterranean Homesick Blues [Bob Dylan]

Harp:
D
(cross)
A
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
A
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 coonskin cap in the pig pen
A
Wants eleven dollar bills, you only got ten 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 DA Look out kid, don't matter what you did Walk on your tip-toes, don't tie no bows Better stay away from those that carry around a fire hose Keep a clean nose, watch the plain clothes You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows 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 Look out kid, you're gonna get hit By losers, cheaters, six-time users Hangin' round the theaters Girl by the whirlpool's lookin' for a new fool Don't follow leaders, watch the parkin' meters 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 Look out kid, they keep it all hid Better jump down a manhole, light yourself a candle Don't wear sandals, try to avoid the scandals Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew gum The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles

Canadee-i-o [Bob Dylan]

<Trad; Roud 309>
Capo:
-II
See also Canadee-i-o (Nic Jones).
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Well, it's all of fair and handsome girl
C
G
C
She's all in her tender years
C
G
C
F
She fell in love with a sailor boy
C
G
It's true she loved him well
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C
For to go off to sea with him
C
G
Like she did not know how
C
G
C
F
She longed to see that seaport town
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C
Of Canadee-i-o So she bargained with the sailor boy All for a piece of gold Straightaway then he led her Down into the hold Sayin', "I'll dress you up in sailor's clothes Your jacket shall be blue You will see that seaport town Of Canadee-i-o Now, when the other sailors heard the news Well, they fell into a rage And with all the ship's company They were willing to engage Saying, "We'll tie her hands and feet, my boys Overboard we'll throw her She'll never see that seaport town Called Canadee-i-o Now, when the captain he heard the news Well, he too fell in a rage And with the whole ship's company He was willing to engage Sayin', "She'll stay in sailor's clothes Her collar shall be blue She will see that seaport town Called Canadee-i-o Now, when they come down to Canada Scarcely 'bout half a year She's married this bold captain Who called her his dear She's dressed in silks and satins now She cuts a gallant show Finest of the ladies Down Canadee-i-o Come, all you fair and tender girls Wheresoever you may be I'd have you to follow your own true love Whene'er he goes to sea For if the sailors prove false to you Well, the captain, he might prove true You'll see the honor I have gained By the wearing of the blue

Thunder Road [Bruce Springsteen]

Capo:
V
Harp:
F
[or
Bb
with capo] (straight)
C
F
C
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
C
G
F
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
F
G
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
C
/b
F
Hey, that's me and I want you only
C
F
G
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me
C
Am
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
C
F
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
C
Em
Waste your summer praying in vain
F
G
For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero, that's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now? Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair Well the night's busting open and these two lanes will take us anywhere We've got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks Oh-oh come take my hand We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh-oh Thunder Road Oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run Oh-oh Thunder Road
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G7
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Sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
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Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
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Em
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G
My car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
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G
From your front porch to my front seat
Em
Am
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
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Dm
F
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
G
C
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises will be broken
C
F
C
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
C
G
F
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets
F
G
They scream your name at night in the street
C
/b
F
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
Em
F
And in the lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on
Dm
G
F
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind
Dm
So Mary climb in
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G
C
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
C
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Em
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