Steve Earle : Washington Square Serenade

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

Capo:

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Em7

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Sunset in my mirror, pedal on the floor

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Bound for New York City and I won't be back no more

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Won't be back no more, boys, won't see me around

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Goodbye, guitar town Ghosts out on the highway, voices on the wind Tellin' me we may never pass this way again Voices on the highway, angels beckonin' Like a long lost friend

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Fare thee well, I'm bound to roam

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This ain't never been my home Stranger in my mirror, lines around my eyes String around my finger, but I don't remember why Don't remember why, boys, don't remember how Goodbye, guitar town |

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| Fare thee well, I'm bound to roam This ain't never been my home Blue dog on my floorboard, red-head by my side Cross the mighty Hudson River to the New York City side Red-head by my side, boys, sweetest thing I've found Goodbye, guitar town

Pale Male, the famous red-tail hawk Performs wingstands high above midtown Manhattan Circles around for one last pass over the park Got his eye on a fat squirrel down there and a couple of pigeons They got no place to run, no place to hide Pale Male, he's cool, see Because his breakfast ain't going nowhere So he does a loop-de-loop For the tourists and the six o'clock news Got him a penthouse view From the tip-top of the food chain, boys He looks up and down Fifth Avenue And says, "God, I love this town" But life goes on down here below And all us mortals struggle so We laugh and cry and live and die That's how it goes, for all we know Down here below I saw Joe Mitchell's ghost on a downtown A-train He just rides on forever Now that the Fulton Fish Market's shut down He said, "They ain't never gonna get that smell out of the water I don't give a damn how much of that new money they burn" Now Hell's Kitchen's "Clinton" and The Bowery's "Nolita" And The East Village is creeping across the Williamsburg Bridge Hey, whatever happened to Alphabet City? Ain't no place left in this town that a poor boy can go But life goes on down here below And all us mortals struggle so We laugh and cry and live and die That's how it goes, for all we know Down here below Pale Male swimming in the air Looks like he's in heaven up there People suffering everywhere But he don't care But life goes on down here below And all us mortals struggle so We laugh and cry and live and die That's how it goes, for all we know Down here below

Turn it on Top of my shift - frog in my throat - sleep in my eyes Starting to drift - cup of hot joe - checking the sky Never can tell - making my list - checking it twice Fasten my belt - flipping my switch - checking my mic Is there anybody out there? One, two, three On the satellite radio? Big Daddy on the air Are you listening to me On the satellite radio? At the galaxy's end Where the stars burn white Are you tuning in and turning on? Is there anybody listening to earth tonight On the satellite radio? Listen to the radio Listen to the radio Turn it on Turn it up What if they're right? What if I'm wrong? What if we're kings? One of these nights - play the right song - the telephone rings Stone in the sea - shot in the dark - splitting the air Listen to me - kindle the spark - answer my prayer

Chorus x3

Livin' in a city of immigrants I don't need to go travelin' Open my door and the world walks in Livin' in a city of immigrants Livin' in a city that never sleeps My heart keepin' time to a thousand beats Singin' in languages I don't speak Livin' in a city of immigrants City of black City of white City of light City of innocence City of sweat City of tears City of prayers City of immigrants Livin' in a city where the dreams of men Reach up to touch the sky and then Tumble back down to earth again Livin' in a city that never quits Livin' in a city where the streets are paved With good intentions and a people's faith In the sacred promise a statue made Livin' in a city of immigrants City of stone City of steel City of wheels Constantly spinnin' City of bone City of skin City of pain City of immigrants All of us are immigrants Every daughter, every son Everyone is everyone All of us are immigrants Everyone Livin' in a city of immigrants River flows out and the sea rolls in Washin' away nearly all of my sins Livin' in a city of immigrants City of black (All of us are immigrants) City of white City of light (Every daughter, every son) I'm livin' in a city of immigrants City of sweat (Everyone is everyone) City of tears City of prayers (All of us are immigrants) Livin' in a city of immigrants City of stone (All of us are immigrants) City of steel City of wheels (Every daughter, every son) Livin' in a city of immigrants City of bone (Everyone is everyone) City of skin City of pain (All of us are immigrants) City of immigrants All of us are immigrants All of us are immigrants

Capo:

III

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My baby sparkle and shine

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Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine

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My baby sparkle and shine

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And everyone knows she's fine She blesses all that she sees A toss of her hair and a kiss in the breeze But she don't love no one but me And I can't believe she's mine

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Shimmering she moves

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Sunlight all around her

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Even when she's blue

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Silver clouds surround her My baby sparkle and shine Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine My baby sparkle and shine And I can't believe she's mine My baby swings down the street Big tall high heel shoes on her feet Walks by and my heart skips a beat And I'm stumblin' like a fool She give me somethin' so sweet I can't sleep y'all and I can't eat Sparks fly whenever we meet I'm breathless 'cause she's so cool Anywhere she goes I can only follow She'll be there I know When I awake tomorrow My baby sparkle and shine Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine My baby sparkle and shine And everyone knows she's fine My baby sparkle and shine Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine My baby sparkle and shine And everyone knows she's fine And everyone knows she's mine

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Yellow moon, amber light

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Baby, baby, baby, please come home to me

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Another blue and lonesome night

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Baby, baby, baby, please come home to me |

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I knew I'd cry when you were gone

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Baby, baby, baby, please come home to me

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Thought I'd survive, but I was wrong

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Baby, baby, baby, please

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Just as soon as you were out that door

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I remembered what my life was like before

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Now nothing's gonna be the same again

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Because I'm lonelier than I was then

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And I can't ever let this feeling go

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Because now I know

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I stay up late, wake up alone

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Baby, baby, baby, please come home to me |

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| No matter what I say or do I know I'll never get over losin' you So I'm crossin' my heart and promisin' If I get you in my arms again I'm not ever gonna let you go Because now I know

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The door is unlocked, the light is on

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Baby, baby, baby, please come home to me

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Baby, baby, baby, please

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| ... I was walking, walking down the Jericho Road And every mile that I travelled showed And I'm walking down the Jericho Road I just kept on walking, walking down the Jericho Road And the sunset red over fields of gold And I'm walking down the Jericho Road

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Well Joshua fit the battle, that's how the story goes

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And the walls come tumbling down, I know

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) But I'm still walking, walking down the Jericho Road I met my mother walking down the Jericho Road Tears in her eyes and her head hung low And she was walking down the Jericho Road I met my father walking down the Jericho Road His back bent over from a heavy load And he was walking down the Jericho Road I said, "Papa, don't you know me? Won't you lay your burden down?" He just shook his head and told me, "Son, you better turn around" And he kept on walking, walking down the Jericho Road I met my brother walking down the Jericho Road And his hands were bloody, but his face was clean And he was walking down the Jericho Road I met my sister walking down the Jericho Road With a babe in her arms that I'd never seen And she was walking down the Jericho Road She said, "It's just a little orphan child I found along the way I'll raise him as my own and he'll forgive us all someday" And she kept on walking, walking down the Jericho Road I met my mother I met my father I met my brother I met my sister

Capo:

III

(Show chord shapes)

Bm7/d xx0202

Em

Well, my daddy worked in the coal mine Till the company shut it down Then he sat around and drank his self blind Till we put him back underground

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Now nothing grows on this mountain

Em

And what's a poor boy to do? Except to wander these hills forgotten With the oxycontin blues Well, I never cared much for whiskey Because it only made Daddy mean Wrapped a little bit tight, they tell me For the methamphetamine Then my cousin come up from Knoxville And he taught me a thing or two Now I'm headed nowhere, but downhill With the oxycontin blues Got a dollar bill in my pocket Got a half a tank in my truck Going to go and pawn Grandma's locket Hell, maybe it'll change my luck Ain't nothing gonna be right no how Because I know I can't ever lose This devil that's dragging me down And the oxycontin blues

Tuning: GDAE (Mandolin Standard)

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North wind blowing like a hurricane house Old man leaning like he's pulling a plow Neck bowed, bending like a willow bough

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Red sky the color of the end of time Bleeds dry running down the center line Wise guy pretends he doesn't see the signs Bad news everybody talking about Short fuse half an inch from burning out All used up beyond a reasonable doubt Make way for his majesty, the prodigal king Still taste the poison when you're kissing the ring Don't say he never gave you anything Deep breath, the calm before the storm begins Cold sweat say you ain't listening Don't bet on getting by with that again Short ride from here to where the beast resides Fine line that separates the shadows inside Make mine a double shot of cyanide

Capo:

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One of these days I'm gonna lay down this hammer down

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I won't have to drag this weight around

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When there ain't no hunger and there ain't no pain

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I won't have to swing this thing

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One of these days I'm gonna lay this hammer down One of these nights I'm gonna sing a different tune All night long beneath the silver moon When the war is over and the union strong We'll sing no more angry songs One of these nights I'm gonna sing a different tune

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Someday when my struggle's through

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I won't have to strike

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Until then all I can do

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Is let my hammer fly One of these days I'm gonna lay this hammer down Leave my burdens resting on the ground When the air don't choke and the ocean's clean And the kids don't die for gasoline One of these days I'm gonna lay this hammer down John Henry was a mighty man Worked his whole life long When he made that hammer ring He always sang this song One of these days I'm gonna lay this hammer down I won't have to drag this weight around When there ain't no hunger and there ain't no pain I won't have to swing this thing One of these days I'm gonna put this hammer down

Capo:

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Another year has come and gone

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Another circle round the sun

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Another thousand tears have fallen But I don't ever count 'em 'cause I'm surrounded by your love

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And days are never long enough Four more seasons on parade Show their colours then they fade

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But that won't happen to us, darlin' We'll remember how it was Then begin again because

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Days are never long enough

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Time's never late, isn't bound by our fate

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) Try as we may, love might never be found if we wait Until the sun comes up On another day my love

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Days are never long enough |

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| Time's never late, isn't bound by our fate Try as we may, love might never be found if we wait Until the sun comes up On another day my love

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Days are never long enough

Steve Earle : Washington Square Serenade
2007

Tennessee Blues

Down Here Below

Satellite Radio

City Of Immigrants

Sparkle And Shine

Come Home To Me

Jericho Road

Oxycontin Blues

Red Is The Color

Steve's Hammer (For Pete)

Days Aren't Long Enough

Steve Earle : Washington Square Serenade 2007

Tennessee Blues

Down Here Below

Satellite Radio

City Of Immigrants

Sparkle And Shine

Come Home To Me

Jericho Road

Oxycontin Blues

Red Is The Color

Steve's Hammer (For Pete)

Days Aren't Long Enough

Steve Earle : Washington Square Serenade
2007