Gordon Bok - Pearly little red
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Capo: 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
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Down in the Cdark and the Gdoom of the Ccity
There's a Gmonstrous old gathering Dhall
And a Cman there making a Gwindy long Emspeech
To the Clords and ladies Dall
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GFifteen thousand, Ctwenty thousand Gpeople
CMilling and murmuring Dthere
"And Emthis ain't the Dplace," says CI to myGself
"For a Cfellow that Dneeds the fresh Gair" D
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So I Gasked for directions to Emget me ouGtside
And I Cfollowed them all for Dsure
And I Emended up Ddown, ten Cfloors underGground
And I Cnever saw an Dexit doGor D
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The Gfirst live soul I Emsaw was a poGliceman
He was Clong, he was leaning on a Drail
I says "EmI'll get to Dhim beCfore he sees Gme
And Cferries me off to the Djail"
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So I Gease myself up on his Emstarboard Gquarter
I says "ExCcuse me, your honour, for Dsure
But if Emyou've got a Dminute and Cnothing to Gdo
Could you Chead me Dout toward the Gair?" D
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Well, he Gpointed his finger back Emover me Gshoulder
And CI peered away through the Dgloom
And Emthere, sure eDnough, was an Cexit Gsign
CBright as the crack of Ddoom D7
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Well, I Gthanked him as nicely as Cever I Gknew
And I Emeased my way toward the Ddoor
But he Emfell into Dstep with me, Cright alongGside
I could Chear his Dheels on the Gfloor D
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Well, he Gsmiled like the sharks out off EmLittle Green GIsland
He had Cteeth all over his Dface
He says, "You Emknow there's Dfolks'd give an Carm and a Gleg
CJust to get inside this Dplace"
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"Oh Gboy!" thinks I, "I've got my Cfoot in it Gnow
I Cnever should have come to this Dtown"
And EmI don't Dknow what I'm Cdoin' here Gnow
But I'm Csure I'm Ddoin' it Gwrong D
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He says, "There's Gpeople travel all Emover the Gcountry
CJust to come and see this Dthing
But if EmI know your Dtype, you'd rather Csit around Ghome
And Clisten to DLittle Red Gsing"
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"Little Red," I said, "I'll be Cdamned," I Gsaid
"I got a Cfriend by that name back Dhome"
And he Emsmiles and says, "DLook, in Cthis crazy Gworld
You got to Ccall them like they Dcome"
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"And GI can tell a Maine man Emany-damn-Gwhere
I can Ctell him by his Dtongue
And Emyou ain't that Dfar from the Cexit doGor
But you're a Cdamn long Dway from Ghome" D G
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Well, he laughs till the echoes Emlaugh aGgain
He says "OCkay, hold out your Dpaws"
So I Emclosed my Deyes, and I Cheld out my Ghands
Like my Cfingers were breaking the Dlaws
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And there was Gblueberries, Cblackberries
GTumbled into my Dhand
CRosehips bright with the Gsmell of the Emnight
From Coff of the summer Dland
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He says, "GLittle sister stayed Chome on the island
She Gvisits us now and aDgain C
Brings us all she can Gpick from the Emhills
And it Csure does taste like Dhome"
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GWell, we stood in the darkness chomping them berries
CEating them our of our Dhand
And my Emheart went aDway to the Crocks and the Gbays
And my Cfriends in that lonesome Dland
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He says "GTell me, Cspeaking of our mutual Gfriend
How that Ctough little fast picking Dfool
Can Emfind his way Dthrough the Cbrambles and Grocks
Of a Chomesick Maine man's Dsoul"
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"Ah, but I Gguess he knows when the Emdays get too Glong
And the Cmorning comes too Dsoon
There's Emnothing will Dknock off the Cedge of your Gtroubles
Like Cpicking an Dold-time Gtune"
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Well, he stowed the empty bag aEmway in his Gpocket
CTurned on his heel to Dgo
And he Emsays, "Well, good Dluck, and if you Csee Little GRed
Tell himC Pearly Dsays 'HelGlo'"
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