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Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Won't  you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich
And  welcome me back to town
Come  out on your porch or I'll step  into your parlour
 And I'll show  you how it all went down
Out  with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
 And a good  saloon in every single town
 And I  remember something  you once told  me
 And I'll  be damned if it  did not come true
Twenty  thousand roads  I went down, down, down
 And they  all lead me straight  back home to you
 `Cause I headed  West to grow  up with the country
 Across  those prairies with  the waves of grain
 And I saw  my devil, and I saw  my deep  blue sea
 And I thought  about a calico bonnet  from Cheyenne  to Tennesee
 We flew straight across that river bridge, last night
 half past two
 The switchman wave his lantern goodbye and so long as we
 went roling through
 Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel
 And now I know just what I have to do
 And the man on the radio won't leave me alone
 He wants to take my money for something that I've never
 been shown
 And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue see
 And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to
 Tennesee
 The news I could bring I met up with the king
 On his head an amphetamine crown
 He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt
 And lighted out for some desert town
 Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
 And a good saloon in every single town
 And I remember something you once told me
 And I'll be damned if it did not come true
 Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down
 And they all lead me straight back home to you
Twenty  thousand roads  I went down, down, down
 And they  all lead me straight  back home to you

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Readable chord sheet for Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

[A]Won't you scratch my itch sweet [D]Annie [A]Rich
[A]And welcome me back to town
[A]Come out on your porch or I'll [D]step into your [A]parlour
And I'll [B]show you how it all went [E]down
[A]Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy [D]angels
And a [A]good saloon in every single [D]town
[Section 2]
And [D]I remember [E]something you once [A]told me
And [D]I'll be damned if [E]it did not come [A]true
[D]Twenty thousand [E]roads I went [A]down, [C#m]down, [F#m]down
And [D]they all lead me [E]straight back home to [A]you
[Section 3]
`Cause I [C#m]headed West to [D]grow up with the [E]country
A[F#m]cross those prairies [E]with the waves of [A]grain
And I [C#m]saw my devil, and I [D]saw my [E]deep blue [A]sea
And I [D]thought about a calico [E]bonnet from [D]Cheyenne to [E]Tennesee[A]

[Section 1 chords]
We flew straight across that river bridge, last night
half past two
The switchman wave his lantern goodbye and so long as we
went roling through
Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel
And now I know just what I have to do
[Section 3 chords]
And the man on the radio won't leave me alone
He wants to take my money for something that I've never
been shown
And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue see
And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to
Tennesee

[Section 1 chords]
The news I could bring I met up with the king
On his head an amphetamine crown
He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt
And lighted out for some desert town
Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town
[Section 2 chords]
And I remember something you once told me
And I'll be damned if it did not come true
Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down
And they all lead me straight back home to you

[D]Twenty thousand [E]roads I went [A]down, [C#m]down, [F#m]down
And [D]they all lead me [E]straight back home to [A]you

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