Melanie – A Song For Robert Johnson (Guitar)

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Melanie Safka - A Song For Robert Johnson INTRO: Am Em D C Am Em D C Am Up on north to Detroit
Em               D
South down Fifty-one to Memphis

  C                  Am
A pistol in his hand

                                      Em
There's many a good man hidin' in the shadows

     D                    C                     Am
Just waitin' to give that boy six feet of land
'Little Robert Dusty'
          Em                 D
He's been stealin' hearts so easily

           C                      Am
You should hear him when he sings

                                 Em
Double dealing at the crossroads

               D
Him and his guitar, they say

C                D             Em
Something's been playin' them
CHORUS:
              A            D     Em
Feeling, down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woah, oh
               A          G
Like you could die for it

        D         C
And the bird that whistles

        G         D
And the bird that sings

        G              C
And the strong, strong heart beatin'

        G             D      Am
And the stretched out wings

                                Em
"Passion be a memory", she says

               D                       C             Am
Lookin' at the sheets where he used to lie with her

                                 Em
Holdin' a picture, she's livin' again

           D         C                  Am
Things she felt when he played for her
'Little Robert Dusty'
          Em                 D
He's been stealin' hearts so easily

           C                       Am
You should hear him when he sings

                                 Em
Double dealing at the crossroads

               D
Him and his guitar, they say

C                D             Em
Something's been playin' them
CHORUS:
              A            D     Em
Feeling, down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woah, oh
               A          G
Like you could die for it

        D         C
And the bird that whistles

        G         D
And the bird that sings

        G              C
And the strong, strong heart beatin'

        G             D     Em      A
And the stretched out wings that he made

         Am            D  C      Em
Won't so easily, won't so easily fade

    Am                       Em
The talk is, he still comes around

D                               C                      Am
Hey, from Mississippi when your road is dark as night

                                       Em
When nothing else gets to your sadness

                    D               C                 Am
He's pickin' up his guitar and he's feeling it right
'Little Robert Dusty'
         Em                 D
And they stole his heart so easily

                 C                     Am
He was singin', "All my love in vain"
Killin' at the crossroads
    Em             D
But him and his guitar, they say

C                 D             Em
Something's still playin' them
CHORUS: (## fade to end ##)
              A            D     Em
Feeling, down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woah, oh
               A          G
Like you could die for it

        D         C
And the bird that whistles

        G         D
And the bird that sings

        G              C
And the strong, strong heart beatin'

        G             D    Em     
And the stretched out wings  he made

A                 D     Em
Down in the fingertips
Bold good, bold good feeling, woah, oh
               A          G
Like you could die for it

        D         C
And the bird that whistles

        G         D
And the bird that sings