The Hold Steady – Beer On The Bedstand (Guitar)

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There’s a Mexican beer on the bedstand

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He drinks slowly in the dark

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There’s a girl coming down from the Southside

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He’s gonna meet her up in Painter Park

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She usually keeps her distance

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But no one’s holding anything and she saw him on the bus

C
He bought back all the jewelry

C           G
He’s still not with the girl

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She panhandles up on Hennepin Ave

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In front of the Suburban World

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St. Theresa, reveal yourself

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I know that you’re listening in

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You told me what to do before, now I need your help again

C
He’s flippin’ cards in a basement bar

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He’s got somethin’ sweet in his socks

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The law’s long arm don’t work down there

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And they covered up the clocks

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Mother Mary, please have mercy,

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I’m tryin’ to figure somethin’ out

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Cause I’m strung out in Minneapolis and they’re expecting me down South

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Mother Mary, please forgive me

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I wish with all my heart

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That Memphis and Minneapolis weren’t so far apart

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I wish Memphis and Minneapolis weren’t so far apart