Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues by Judy Collins, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues

Biography:

Judy Collins (born Judith Marjorie Collins on May 1, 1939, in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter known for the eclectic range of material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, and rock and roll, as well as and standards) and for her social activism. Beginning in 1959, she was drawn to the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and the traditional songs of the folk revival of the early 1960s. In 1968 she was awarded a Grammy for "Both Sides Now".

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Judy Collins - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

CAPO: 4th Fret

{Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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When you're lost in the rain, in Juarez, and it's Easter time too
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When your gravity fails, and negativity don't pull you through
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Don't put on any airs when you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
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They got some hungry women there and they really make a mess out of you

[Verse 2]
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If you see Saint Annie, please tell her thanks a lot
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I cannot move my fingers, they are all in a knot
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I haven't got the strength to get up and take another shot
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And my best friend, the doctor, won't even say what it is I've got

[Verse 3]
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Sweet Melinda, the peasants call her the goddess of gloom
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She speaks good English, and she invites you up into her room
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And you're so kind and careful not to go to her too soon
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And she takes your voice, and leaves you howling at the moon

[Verse 4]
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Up on housing project hill, it's either fortune or fame

You can pick one or the other
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Though neither of them ought to be what they claim
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And if you're looking to get silly, you better go back to from where you came
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'Cause the cops don't need you, and man, they expect the same

[Verse 5]
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Now all the authorities, they just stand around and boast
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How they blackmailed the sergeant at arms into leaving his post
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And picking up Angel, who just arrived here from the coast
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Who looked so fine at first, but left looking just like a ghost

[Verse 6]
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I started out on burgundy, but soon hit the harder stuff
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Everybody said they'd stand behind me when the game got rough
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But the joke was one me, there was nobody there to even bluff
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I'm going back to New York City, I do believe I've had enough