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Bob Dylan - Brownsville Girl
Knocked Out Loaded (1986)
[Intro]
D A/C# Bm E A Asus2 x2
[Verse]
AWell, there was this movie I seen one tDime
ABmbout a man riding 'cross the desert and it Estarred Gregory PAeck
AHe was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a Dname for himself
The Bmtownspeople wanted to crush that kid down and sEtring him up by the Aneck
AWell, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody pDulp
BmAs the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gEasped for his last bAreath
ATurn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair andD square
BmI want him to feel what it's like to every momentE face his deaAth
AWell, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rollinDg in
BmAnd you know it blows right through me like a Eball and chaAin
AYou know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so farD apart
BmThe memory of you keeps callin' after me like Ea rollin' traAin
AI can still see the day that you came to me on the paintDed desert
BmIn your busted down Ford and your plEatform heelAs
AI could never figure out why you chose that particular place to mDeet
BmAh, but you were right, it was perfect as I got inE behind the wheeAl
AWell, we drove that car all night into San AnDton'
BmAnd we slept near the Alamo, your skin was Eso tender and sAoft
AWay down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you nDever came back
BmI would have gone on after you but I didn't feel like lettEing my head get bloAwn off
AWell, we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over theD Rockies
BmNow I know she ain't you but she's here and she's got thatE dark rhythm in her Asoul
ABut I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore to remember
the times when I was yourD only man
BmAnd she don't want to remind me, she knows this car wouldE go out of contArol
[Chorus]
ABrownsville girl with your BrownsDville curls
BmTeeth like pearls shinEing like the moon aAbove
ABrownsville girl, show me all around theD world
BmBrownsville girl, youE're my honey lAove
[Verse]
AWell, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards ADmarillo
BmWe pulled up where Henry Porter used to live, he Eowned a wreckin' lot outside of town aboAut a mile
ARuby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back
She saw us come rolDling up in a trail of dust
BmShe said, Henry ain't here but you can come on in,E he'll be back in a littleA while
AThen she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of
bummin' a ride back to whereA she started
BmBut she changed the subject every timeE money came uAp
AShe said, welcome to the land of the living dead, you could tell she was so broAken-hearted
BmShe said, even the swap meets around here are geEtting pretty coArrupt
AHow far are y'all going, Ruby asked us with a siDgh
BmWe're going all the way 'til the wheels fEall off and buArn
A'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moDccasin dies
BmRuby just smiled and said, ah, you know someE babies never learAn
ASomething about that movie though, well I just can't get it out oDf my head
BmBut I can't remember why I was in it or what part I wEas supposed to pAlay
AAll I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way peoplDe moved
BmAnd a lot of them seemed to be looEkin' my waAy
[Chorus]
ABrownsville girl with your BrownsDville curls
BmTeeth like pearls shinEing like the moon aAbove
ABrownsville girl, show me all around theD world
BmBrownsville girl, youE're my honey lAove
[Verse]
AWell, they were looking for somebody with a poDmpadour
BmI was crossin' the street when shEots rang out A
AI didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I rDan
BmWe got him cornered in the churchyard, I Eheard somebody shoAut
AWell, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune, underneath it, it said, a man Dwith no alibi
BmYou went out on a limb to testify for me, yEou said I was with Ayou
AThen when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry realD tears
BmIt was the best acting I saw Eanybody do A
ANow I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass,
but sometimes you just find yourself over theD line
BmOh if there's an original thought out there, I could uEse it right nAow
AYou know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much, I could feel a Dwhole lot better
BmIf you were just here by my sEide to show me hoAw
AWell, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring GregDory Peck
BmYeah, but you know it's not the one thEat I had in miAnd
AHe's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it'sD about
BmBut I'll see him in anything so I'Ell stand in liAne
[Chorus]
ABrownsville girl with your BrownsDville curls
BmTeeth like pearls shinEing like the moon aAbove
ABrownsville girl, show me all around theD world
BmBrownsville girl, youE're my honey lAove
AYou know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em plaDnned
BmThe only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter isE that his name wasn't Henry PAorter
AAnd you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked that was always too good Dfor this world
BmJust like you always said there was something about me yEou liked
that I left behind in the FrencAh Quarter
AStrange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who arDe most content
BmI don't have any regrets, they can talk about Eme plenty when I'm gonAe
AYou always said people don't do what they believe in
they just do what's most convenient, thenD they repent
BmAnd I always said, hang on to me, baby, aEnd let's hope that the roof stayAs on
AThere was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through itD twice
BmI don't remember who I was or wEhere I was bouAnd
AAll I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck, he wore a gun and he was shot in theD back
BmSeems like a long time ago, long before theE stars were torn dowAn
[Chorus]
ABrownsville girl with your BrownsDville curls
BmTeeth like pearls shinEing like the moon aAbove
ABrownsville girl, show me all around theD world
BmBrownsville girl, youE're my honey lAove
ABrownsville girl with your BrownsDville curls
BmTeeth like pearls shinEing like the moon aAbove
ABrownsville girl, show me all around theD world
BmBrownsville girl, youE're my honey lAove
ABrownsville girl with your BrownsDville curls
BmTeeth like pearls shinEing like the moon aAbove