• Song:

    Christmas In Washington

  • Artist:

    Steve Earle

  • Album:

    Live From Austin, TX

C5 
It's Christmas time in Washington  
   F5 
The democrats rehearsed 
G5 
Gettin' into gear for four more years 
F5                 C5  
Things not gettin' worse 
C5 
Republicans drink whiskey neat 
        F5 
And they thank their lucky stars 
   G5 
Said he cannot seek another term 
       F5            C5 
They'll be no more FDRs 
C5 
I sat home in Tennessee 
F5 
Staring at the screen 
    G5 
An uneasy feeling in my chest 
       F5                 C5 
And I'm wondering what it means  

Refr?o -------------
  C5 
So come back Woody Guthrie 
F5 
Come back to us now 
    G5 
Come tear your eyes from paradise 
   F5              C5 
And rise again somehow 
  C5 
If you run into Jesus 
                     F5 
Maybe he can help you out 
G5                          C5 
Come back Woody Guthrie to us now
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I followed in your footsteps once  
Back in my travelin' days  
Somewhere I failed to find your trail  
Now I'm stumblin' through the haze  
But there's killers on the highway now  
And a man can't get around  
So I sold my soul for wheels that roll  
Now I'm stuck here in this town  
 
Repeat Chorus  
 
There's foxes in the hen house  
Cows out in the corn  
The unions have been busted  
Their proud red banners torn  
To listen to the radio  
You'd think that all was well  
But you and me and Cisco know  
It's going straight to hell  
 
(play like Chorus) 
So come back, Emma Goldman  
Rise up, old Joe Hill  
The barracades are goin' up  
They cannot break our will  
Come back to us, Malcolm X  
And Martin Luther King  
We're marching into Selma  
As the bells of freedom ring  
 
Repeat Chorus
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