I decided to submit the best way to play this song. Capo on the first fret: Intro | Dm | Dm A7 | Dm | Dm || Dm A7 Dm Am Dm Seen the arrow on the doorpost A7 Dm Am Dm Saying, "This land is condemned A7 C G All the way from New Orleans Bb C Dm Am Dm To Jerusalem." A7 Dm Am Dm I traveled through East Texas A7 Dm Am Dm Where many martyrs fell A7 C G And I know no one can sing the blues Bb C Dm Am Dm Like Blind Willie McTell Dm A7 Dm Am Dm Well, I heard the hoot owl singing A7 Dm Am Dm As they were taking down the tents A7 C G The stars above the barren trees Bb C Dm Am Dm Were his only audience A7 Dm Am Dm Them charcoal gypsy maidens A7 Dm Am Dm Can strut their feathers well A7 C G But nobody can sing the blues Bb C Dm Am Dm Like Blind Willie McTell Dm A7 Dm Am Dm See them big plantations burning A7 Dm Am Dm Hear the cracking of the whips A7 C G Smell that sweet magnolia blooming Bb C Dm (And) see the ghosts of slavery ships A7 Dm Am Dm I can hear them tribes a-moaning A7 Dm (I can) hear the undertaker's bell A7 C G (Yeah), nobody can sing the blues Bb C Dm Am Dm Like Blind Willie McTell Dm A7 Dm Am Dm There's a woman by the river A7 Dm Am Dm With some fine young handsome man A7 C G He's dressed up like a squire Bb C Dm Bootlegged whiskey in his hand A7 Dm Am Dm There's a chain gang on the highway A7 Dm Am Dm I can hear them rebels yell A7 C G And I know no one can sing the blues Bb C Dm Am Dm Like Blind Willie McTell Dm A7 Dm Am Dm Well, God is in heaven A7 Dm Am Dm And we all want what's his A7 C G But power and greed and corruptible seed Bb C Dm Seem to be all that there is A7 Dm Am Dm I'm gazing out the window A7 Dm Am Dm Of the St. James Hotel A7 C G And I know no one can sing the blues Bb C Dm Am Dm Like Blind Willie McTell Coda | Dm A7 | Dm Am Dm | Dm A7 | Dm Am Dm | | Dm A7 | C G | Bb C | Dm Am Dm | | Dm A7 | Dm Am Dm | Dm A7 | Dm Am Dm | Dm A7 | C G| Bb C | Dm || Any comments or rates are greatly appreciated!
