Bob Dylan – Scarlet Town (Guitar)

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In Scarlet Town, where I was born

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There's ivy leaf and silver thorn

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The streets have names that you can't pronounce

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Gold is down to a quarter of an ounce

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The music starts and the people sway

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Everybody says, "Are you going my way? "

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Uncle Tom still workin' for Uncle Bill

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Scarlet Town is under the hill.

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Scarlet Town in the month of May

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Sweet William Holme on his deathbed lay

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Mistress Mary by the side of the bed

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Kissin' his face and heapin' prayers on his head

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So brave, so true, so gentle is he

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I'll weep for him as he would weep for me

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Little Boy Blue come your blow horn

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In Scarlet Town, where I was born

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Scarlet Town, in the hot noon hours,

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There's palm-leaf shadows and scattered flowers

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Beggars crouching at the gate

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Help comes, but it comes too late

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By marble slabs and in fields of stone

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You make your humble wishes known

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I touched the garment, but the hem was torn

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In Scarlet Town, where I was born

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In Scarlet Town, the end is near

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The Seven Wonders of the World are here

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The evil and the good livin' side by side

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All human forms seem glorified

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Put your heart on a platter and see who will bite

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See who will hold you and kiss you good night

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There's walnut groves and maplewood

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In Scarlet Town cryin' won't do no good

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In Scarlet Town, you fight your father's foes

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Up on the hill, a chilly wind blows

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You fight 'em on high and you fight 'em down in

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You fight 'em with whiskey, morphine and gin

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You've got legs that can drive men mad

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A lot of things we didn't do that I wish we had

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In Scarlet Town, the sky is clear

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You'll wish to God that you stayed right here

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Set 'em Joe, play "Walkin' the Floor"

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Play it for my flat-chested junkie whore

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I'm staying up late, I'm making amends

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While we smile, all heaven descends

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If love is a sin, then beauty is a crime

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All things are beautiful in their time

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The black and the white, the yellow and the brown

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It's all right there in front of you in Scarlet Town