• Song:

    Down The Dustpipe

  • Artist:

    Status Quo

  • Album:

    The Complete Pye Collec...

DOWN THE DUSTPIPE
STATUS QUO


   Intro (with harmonica)                      8x
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          Shuffle beat
    Verse
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     (1.) Headin'      down       the       back turnpike
     (2.) rollin'      down       the       dustpipe now
     (3.) Guess I didn't make it in the     city,                       but

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    __ signposts are pointin'          west
    got a 10 dollar bill in my         jeans
    that's just the way that it        goes,

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            Turn into___  the           lonely dustpipe___    , hope my
   (cause there's) no room for a        cosher cowboy, in a
   (cause there's) lotta lunatics       crazy ghostmen, babe, they
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    pickup can stand the               test ___    But I'm doin'  all
    town like New Or_                  leans___
    dont like the shape of my          nose__

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    right now__                                 rolling down the dust_

                                                                  3x
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    pipe, na na na naah         na na na naah ____


    Instrumental with Harmonica
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    4th verse (same as 2nd verse)
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          rollin'      down       the       dustpipe now

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A---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10--10--8h10p8--7--------|-------|
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    got a 10 dollar bill in my         jeans

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E---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8----------|
   (cause there's) no room for a        cosher cowboy, in a

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A---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--------|
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    town like New Or_                  leans___      But I'm doing all_

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E---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--------|
    right now__                                 rolling down the dust_

                                                                  3x
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E---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---|--------------|
    pipe, na na na naah         na na na naah ____

    Last verse: One fret up!!
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    Rollin' down the                    dustpipe now


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A---11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|---11--11--11--11--9h11p9--8-------|-------|
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    got a 10 dollar bill in my          jeans


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    (cause there's) no room for a       cosher cowboy__, in a


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    town like New Or_                   leans ___    But I'm doin'  all


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    right now__                                  rolling downt the dust


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    pipe na na naah na                  na na na naah ____
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