Wreck Of The Hesperus

Tom: Em

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[Verse 1]
G7                       C
I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus
G                  C       B
Feel more like the Wall of China
Em               A
Getting old as Methuselah
B                Em
Feel tall as the Eiffel Tower

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
G7                   C
I'm not a power of attorney
G                      C     B
But I can rock as good as Gibraltar
Em                      A
Ain't no more no spring chicken
B                Em
Been plucked but I'm still kicking
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(But it's alright, it's alright)

[Bridge 1]
Em                   C7
Poison penmen sneak, have no nerve to speak
Am                     Em
Make up lies then they leak 'm out
Em                  C7
Behind a pseudonym, the rottenness in them
Am                     B7
Reaching out trying to touch me

[Verse 3]
G7                  C
Met some Oscars and Tonys
G              C        B
I slipped on a pavement oyster
Em                   A
Met a snake climbing ladders
B              Em
Got out of the line of fire
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(But it's alright)

[Interlude]
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[Bridge 2]
Em                C7
Brainless writers gossip nonsenses
Am                          Em
To others heads as dense as they is
Em                C7
It's the same old malady
Am              B7
What they see is faulty

[Verse 4]
G7                       C
I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus
G              C        B
Feel more like Big Bill Broonzy
Em                A
Getting old as my mother
B                Em
But I tell you I got some company
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(But it's alright)

[Outro]
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But it's alright, it's alright
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But it's alright, it's alright
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It's alright, alright

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          It's alright
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