Guy Clark – Cold Dog Soup (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] Am G F E7 [Verse 1]
Am
William Butler Yeats in jeans

G
Got up to play guitar and sing

F                              E7
In some joint in Mission Beach last night

Am
At the door sat Tom Waits

G
In a pork pie hat and silver skates

F                                E7
Jugglin' three collection plates, Jesus Christ
[Verse 2]
Am
Townes Van Zandt standin' at the bar

G
Skinnin' a Hollywood movie star

F
Can't remember where he parked his car

E7
Or to whom he lost the keys

Am
Full of angst and hillbilly haiku

G
What's a poor Ft. Worth boy to do

F
Go on rhyme something for 'em man

E7
Show 'em how you really feel
[Chorus]
F                 C
Ain't no money in poetry

G                    Am
That's what sets the poet free

F                C            G
I've had all the freedom I can stand

F                 C
Cold dog soup and rainbow pie

G                 Am
Is all it takes to get me by

F                      C
Fool my belly till the day I die

G                 Am
Cold dog soup and rainbow pie
[Verse 3]
Am
Ginsberg and Kerouac

G                                     F
Shootin' dice playin' Ramblin' Jack's guitar

                         E7
With the cowboy paintin' pickguard on it

Am
And they sat in the back and they drank for free

G
And rhymed orange with Rosalie

F                            E7
Now there's a pride of lions to draw to
[Chorus]
F                 C
Ain't no money in poetry

G                    Am
That's what sets the poet free

F                C            G
I've had all the freedom I can stand

F                 C
Cold dog soup and rainbow pie

G                 Am
Is all it takes to get me by

F                      C
Fool my belly till the day I die

G                 Am
Cold dog soup and rainbow pie