Woody Guthrie – Philadelphia Lawyer (Guitar)

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Way out in Reno, Nevada,

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Where romance blooms and fades,

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A great Philadelphia lawyer

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Was in love with a Hollywood maid.

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"Come, love, and we'll go ramblin'

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Down where the lights are so bright.

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I'll win you a divorce from your husband,

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And we can get married tonight."

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Wild Bill was a gun-totin' cowboy,

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Ten notches were carved on his gun.

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And all the boys around Reno

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Left Wild Bill's maiden alone.

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One night when Bill was returning

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From ridin' the range in the cold,

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He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart,

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Her love was as lasting as gold.

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As he drew near her window,

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Two shadows he saw on the shade;

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Twas the great Philadelphia lawyer

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Makin' love to Bill's Hollywood maid.

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The night was as still as the desert,

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The moon hangin' high overhead.

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Bill listened a while through the window,

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He could hear ev'ry word that they said:

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"Your hands are so pretty and lovely,

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Your form is so rare and divine.

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Come go with me to the city¨

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And leave this wild cowboy behind."

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Now tonight back in old Pennsylvania,

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Among those beautiful pines,

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There's one less Philadelphia lawyer

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In old Philadelphia tonight.