Alkali

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[Verse 1]
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Alkali, here's mud in your eye
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You've been lost in the desert 
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twenty-five years or more
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All your whiskey streams and your 
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goldfield dreams
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Well, Lady Luck won't let you dark
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 her door


[Verse 2]
         Am               Em
And they tell me you're a ghost of a
 man
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Lord, I believe it's true
         Am            Em
And they say you had a woman once
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But she turned her back on you


[Chorus]
        Dm
You old gold mining hobo
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Dry-well, desert rat, Alkali


[Verse 3]
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Put the bacon on to fry
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Well, the sun's coming up and the 
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mule's waiting for his grain
Continúa después del anuncio
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Just a one room shack, out by the 
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Santa Fe tracks
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It’s an old lick of earth that's 
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screaming for a drop of rain


[Verse 4]
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And there's a time for work and a 
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time for play
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And a time for lying down
        Am                    
And the road might lead to the 
 Em
rainbow's end
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A dusty old desert town


[Chorus]
        Dm
You old gold mining hobo
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Dry-well, desert rat, Alkali


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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Alkali, there's a buzzard in the sky
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And he’s a-counting his chances on 
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a-picking your skinflint bones
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Ah, raise your hand and throw a 
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curse on the land
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They're gonna find you one day, 
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lying 'neath an unmarked stone


[Verse 6]
          Am          Em
Well, the desert is a lonely place
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For a man to lose his head
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They tell me when you start to 
 Em
talking to yourself
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Lord, you might as well be dead


[Chorus]
        Dm
You old gold mining hobo
F         G           C
Dry-well, desert rat, Alkali


[Chorus]
Am      Em
Alkali, Alkali
        F
You old gold-mining hobo
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Dry-well, desert rat, Alkali


[Chorus]
Am      Em
Alkali, Alkali
        F
You old gold-mining hobo
G                     C
Dry-well, desert rat, Alkali