Capo on 3 
 
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A5 
William Butler Yeats in jeans 
G5 
Got up to play guitar and sing 
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In some joint in Mission Beach last night  
A5 
At the door sat Tom Waits 
G5 
In a pork pie hat and silver skates 
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Jugglin' three collection plates, Jesus Christ 
 

A5 
Townes Van Zandt standin' at the bar  
G5 
Skinnin' a Hollywood movie star  
F5 
Can't remember where he parked his car  
E5 
Or to whom he lost the keys  
A5 
Full of angst and hillbilly haiku  
G5 
What's a poor Ft. Worth boy to do 
F5 
Go on rhyme something for em' man 
E5 
Show em' how you really feel  


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Aint no money in poetry  
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That's what sets the poet free  
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I've had all the freedom I can stand  
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Cold dog soup and rainbow pie 
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Is all it takes to get me by  
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Fool my belly till the day I die  
G5                 A5   
Cold dog soup and rainbow pie   
 
 
A5 
Ginsberg and Kearouac  
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Shootin' dice playin' Ramblin' Jack's guitar 
                         E5    
With the cowboy paintin' pickguard on it  
A5 
And they sat in the back and they drank for free 
G5 
And rhymed orange with Rosalie  
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Now there's a pride of lions to draw to 
 
Repeat Chorus