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From: Juergen Wuest <wuest@informatik.uni-kl.de> The Legend of Andrew McCrew - by Don McLean as performed on his live album "Solo" Intro:
There Fwas a mummy Amat the fair, all Dmcrumpled in a Ffolding chair. The Ampeople passed, but didn't care that the Gmummy was a Cman, so G7tell me if you C7can
Chorus:
FWho are you'C7 FWho are you' C7 FWhere have you Dmbeen, where are you G7 going to' C7 Well, FAndrew McF7Crew must have Bblost his Bbmway 'Cause though he Fdied long aG7go he was C7buried toFday. C7 F C7 F
Verse 1:
FDown on C7nightmare Falley,C7 where the G7shady people Csus2sway C7 a Fhobo C7came a-hiFkin' C7 on a G7salty summer Csus2day C7 Well he Fhopped a C7freight in FDallas,C7 and he G7rode out of Csus2sight C7 But on a Fturn he F7slipped, and he Bblost his Bbmgrip and he Ffell inC7-to the Fnight. C7
Repeat Chorus Verse 2: (same chords as first throughout all other verses) Well, Andrew had one leg of wood, the other leg was small. And when he fell off the train that night he found he had no legs at all. Well they found him in the thicket, and the undertaker came. And they mummified his body for a relative to claim. Repeat Chorus Verse 3: But no one came to claim him, until the carnival passed through. The carnies took him to their tent and they decided what to do. Well they dressed him in a worn-out tugs and they put him on a stand. And millions saw the legend called the 'famous mummy man'. Repeat Chorus Verse 4: Well, what a way to live a life and what a way to die. Left to live a living death with noone left to cry. Petrified amazement, and wonder beyond words, A man who found more life in death than life gave him at birth. Repeat Chorus Verse 5: But what about the ones who live and wish that they could go. Whose lives are lost to living and performing for the show. Well at least you got the best of life until it got the best of you, So from all of us to what's left of you Farewell, Andrew McCrew. eadgbe eadgbe Csus2: x32030 Bbm: xx3321 Nice to know: The song is based on an authentic case. Andrew McCrew toured with the carnival, posthumously, for about 35 years. He was buried in 1973. That was when Don McLean read an article about him and wrote the song. When the song came out, someone stepped forward and donated a headstone on McCrew's previously unmarked grave. The fourth verse of the song is carved on the headstone. (Anyway, that's what Don McLean tells on the live album.)