Shakey Graves – The Donor Blues (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] G D C/G G D C/G [Verse]
            G           D   C/G                            G  D  C/G
Yeah well I found my fingers up north in the forest of the fir

 G           D   C/G                       G  D  C/G
Yeah I blame them woods for all I've learned

       G           D   C/G                          G   D  C/G
Well I watched my wits walk west where the money is earned

    G     D     C/G                   G  D  C/G
Just to strut my stuff and wait my turn
[Chorus]
                   Dm           Cm
Yeah but I have often thought that these old bones

            G
Should just go on ahead and break if they gonna

Dm    Cm                   G
  These old shoes should just go on and give out

   Dm       Cm                       G        D     C/G
Well, they're running the jail for profit these days

      G       D        C/G
Yeah that's what they say
G [Verse 1]
            G    D   C/G                                G  D  C/G
Yeah well I lost my lungs long ago in the belly of the beast

 G         D   C/G                        G  D  C/G
Well I got my gall from the boys back east

             G     D     C/G                                 G  D  C/G
Yeah well I sing sweet songs with the throat that belongs to her

         G     D    C/G                      G  D  C/G
Well she wears my heart and I wear her words
[Verse 2]
           Bm
You know I got these lips from the girl next door

           Cm                
The only problem is they only beg for more
[Interlude] G D C/G G D C/G
            Bm
Yeah well I sold my skin for some fancy clothes
Cm (mute) I thought I'd get a better deal but that'€™s the way it goes [Interlude] G D C/G G D C/G [Chorus]
                Dm                 Cm
Yeah but I have often thought that these old bones

            G
Should just go on ahead and break if they gonna

Dm         Cm                   G
 And these old teeth should just go on and give out

Dm            Cm                   G        D     C/G
 Well they're running the jail for profit these days

     G       D        C/G
Yeah that's what they say
G [Outro]
                    Bm
Well you can go and put all the rest in a hollow tree

     Cm
Yeah fill it with cement and mama let me be
[Outro] G D C/G G D C/G