Loudon Wainwright III - Muse blues

^E7I went down to li^A7brary you ^D7know the big one way down town I went ^E7down to the ^A7library yo^Amu know the big one way down town I pulle^E7d out my spi^E7ral notebook and my scripto pencil D7 - - 2/2 Am G Am E7 These these these are the words that I did put down I’^Amm a dud-fire^G cracker I ain’t g^Amot any fuse^E7 I ain’t got no inspiration since I lost my muse I’m a table with two legs, I’m a spider with five I’m going down slow muse when will you arrive 4/4 A7 D7 Oh muse where are you? Oh^E muse w^Amhere are you? 2/2 Am G Am E7 You know I eat, drink and I smoke stuff ^EI don’

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t know what ^Amto ^Gdo^Am. ^E7

^AmI w^Gen^Amt t^Eo the mountain and the desert too I was there lady so where were you I’m a flattened out wave I ain’t got any curl I’m an empty old oyster I ain’t got any pearl 4/4 A7 D7 Muse where are you? ^EOh muse^Am where are you? 2/2 Am G Am E7 You know I eat, drink and I smoke stuff ^EI don’

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t know what ^Amto ^Gdo^Am. ^{E7 Am}Sit up^G7 late, s^Amtay up wait.^E7 It’s a rule of thumb she’s got to come Sit up late, stay up wait. It’s a rule of thumb she’s got to come

^AmI t^Gak^Ame l^E7ots of cold showers and I go for long walks I wait for a pitch but the fickle bitch barks Took a shot of whisky and a snort of cocaine 4/4 Am A7 D7 Opened up my head and stuck electrodes in my brain ^D7Oh muse wh^A7ere are you where are you? ^EMuse wh^Amere are you?