Steve Earle – Christmas In Washington (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
E 
It's Christmastime in Washington

    A
The Democrats rehearsed

B 
Gettin' into gear for four more years

A                  E
Things not gettin' worse

E
The Republicans drink whiskey neat

    A
And thanked their lucky stars

               B
They said, 'He cannot seek another term

           A       E
They'll be no more fdrs'

E
I sat home in Tennessee

A
Staring at the screen

        B 
With an uneasy feeling in my chest

        A
And I'm wonderin' what it means
[Chorus]
   E
So come back Woody Guthrie

A
Come back to us now

B
Tear your eyes from paradise

    A              E
And rise again somehow

   E
If you run into Jesus

      A 
Maybe he can help you out

B                   A   B     E
Come back Woody Guthrie to us now
[Verse 2]
E
I followed in your footsteps once

     A
Back in my travelin' days

B 
Somewhere I failed to find your trail

        A                     E
Now I'm stumblin' through the haze
But there's killers on the highway now
      A 
And a man can't get around

     B
So I sold my soul for wheels that roll

        A                  E
Now I'm stuck here in this town
[Chorus]
   E
So come back Woody Guthrie 

A
Come back to us now

B
Tear your eyes for paradise 

    A               E
And rise again some how 

   E
If you run into Jesus 

      A
Maybe he can help,you out

B                   A   B     E
Come back Woody Guthrie to us now
[Verse 3]
E
There's foxes in the hen house

A
Cows out in the corn

    B
The unions have been busted

      A                 E
Their proud red banners torn

E
To listen to the radio

      A
You'd think that all was well

    B
But you and me and Cisco know

     A     B           E
It's going straight to hell
[Verse 4]
E 
So come back, Emma Goldman

A
Rise up, old Joe Hill

    B 
The barracades are goin' up

     A                E
They cannot break our will

E
Come back to us, Malcolm X

    A
And Martin Luther King

B
We're marching into Selma

       A        B       E
As the bells of freedom ring
[Chorus]
   E 
So come back Woody Guthrie 

A
Come back to us now

B
Tear your eyes for paradise 

    A    B          E
And rise again some how