Bob Dylan - Subterranean homesick blues

^A7Johnny's in the basement ^Amixing up the medicine ^A7I'm on the pavement ^Athinking about the government ^A7The man in the trench coat, ^Abadge out, laid off ^A7Says he's got a bad cough, ^Awants to get it paid off ^D7Look out kid, it's something you did ^A7God knows when, but you're ^Adoing it again You better ^A7duck down the alleyway, ^Alooking for a new friend The ^E7man in the coonskin cap in the pig pen Wants ^A7eleven dollar bills, but ^Ayou only got ten

^A7Maggie comes fleet foot, ^Aface full of black soot ^A7Talking that the heat put^A plants in the bed but ^A7The phone's tapped anyway^A, Maggie says that many say ^A7They must bust in early M^Aay, orders from the D.A. ^D7Look out kid, don't matter what you did ^A7Walk on your tip toes, don'^At try No Doz ^A7Better stay away from those^A that carry around a fire hose ^E7Keep a clean nose, watch the plain clothes ^A7You don't need a weather ma^An to know which way the wind blows ^A7Ah, get sick, get well, han^Ag around the Ink Well ^A7Ring a bell, hard to tell i^Af anything is going to sell ^A7Try hard, get barred, get b^Aack, write braille ^A7Get jailed, jump bail, join^A the army, if you fail ^D7Look out kid, you're gonna get hit ^A7But losers, cheaters, six-t^Aime users ^A7Hanging 'round the theaters^{A E7}Girl by the whirlpool's looking for a new fool ^A7Don't follow leaders, and w^Aatch your parking meters ^A7Ah get born, keep warm, sho^Art pants, romance, learn to dance ^A7Get dressed, get blessed, t^Ary to be a success ^A7Please her, please him, buy^A gifts, don't steal, don't lift ^A7Twenty years of schooling a^And they put you on the day shift ^D7Look out kid, they keep it all hid ^A7Better jump down a manhole,^A light yourself a candle ^A7Don't wear sandals, try to ^Aavoid the scandals ^E7Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew gum ^A7The pump don't work 'cause ^Athe vandals took the handle