Hank Williams - 127 Rose Avenue

127 rose avenue – hank williams

G#m
somewhere in the middle of the deep south

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magnolias sway in the breeze

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to the lonesome sound of a redbone hound
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howlin’ at the moon in the trees

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there’s a sad boy with his guitar

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cuttin’ his teeth on the blues

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wishin’ on a fallin’ star

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at 127 rose avenue

verse 2

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distant moan of a midnight train comes

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blowin’ through the night

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he dips his pen in tears and pain

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and he begins to write

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’bout a whippoorwill too blue to fly

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and the indian he once knew
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’bout lost highways and purple skies

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at 127 rose avenue

chorus :
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caretaker said as he shook his head

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son , do you believe in ghosts

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for a five dollar bill you can feel the chill

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he felt long ago

verse 3

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so i bought me a ticket at the front door

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guess who was there inside

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i felt his presence through the whole tour

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god i swear , he was alive

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i saw the train , i felt the pain

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i heard him moanin’ the blues

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29 years of memories

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at 127 rose avenue

instrumental break

chorus

verse 4

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another sad – eyed boy with his guitar

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cuttin’ his teeth on the blues

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here i Am wishin’ on a fallin’ star

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at 127 rose avenue

instrumental break

it ain’t in nashville

it’s not in montgomery

127 rose avenue