Checkpoint Charlie by Woodbox Gang, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Checkpoint Charlie

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From the village of Makanda in extreme southern Illinois, in a little hollow called Vulture Valley, comes a "caustic acoustic cacophony" known as the Woodbox Gang. They have skillfully combined the American roots music styles of bluegrass, delta blues, folk, and traditional country with the aggressive delivery of punk rock to create their own style of music to which they have given the name "Trashcan Americana". The band is very interested in experimenting

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Band: Woodbox Gang
Album: Born With A Tail

Checkpoint Charlie

VERSE 1
A D A F#m
I had a dream I was in New Orleans
E D A
Maybe it was heaven
A D A F#m
All I know I wasn't lonesome anymore
E D A
And the saints were marching in

VERSE 2
Then I met a man chiseled from stone
Shared my table at the square
Maybe it was Jesus, maybe Iggy Pop
We smoked my last cigarette

CHORUS 1
A D A F#m
What does it matter heaven or the latter
E D A
“I'll pay the tab” said the Nazarene
A D A F#m
We can take all you've got good times or not
E D A
With Iggy and Jesus in New Orleans

VERSE 3
It was daybreak way out on the levee
Iggy is playing washtub in three-quarter time
Down by the river I heard some clawhammer banjo
Me and Jesus went fishing

CHORUS 2
What does it matter the Bayou or El Paso
“I'll pay the tab” said the Nazarene
High as a fruit bat in Napa Valley
With Iggy and Jesus in New Orleans

VERSE 4
Was it purgatory, was it Checkpoint Charlie's
I decided I was staying forever
That ol' morning sun maybe it was voodoo
I woke up to the whistling southbound train