Subterranean Homesick Blues chords by Mountain

Intro:
G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E

Verse:
G#m       E     Eb      E
Johnny's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine,
G#m    E     Eb         E
I'm on the pavement, thinking about the government.
G#m      E      Eb     E
The man in the trench coat, badge out, laid off,
G#m       E     Eb       E
Says he's got a bad cough, wants to get it paid off.

Chorus:
C#    B     Bbm      B
Look out, kid, it's something you did,
C#    B        Bbm    B
God knows when, but you're doin' it again.
C#          B     Bbm      B
Better duck down the alleyway, lookin' for a new friend.
Eb
Man in the coonskin cap, in the big pen,
Eb
Wants eleven dollar bills, you only got ten.

Interlude:
G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E

Verse:
G#m     E      Eb      E
Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot,
G#m       E           Eb             E
Talking that the heat put plants in the bed but the phone's tapped anyway,
G#m       E     Eb        E
Maggie says that many say, they must bust in early May,
G#m       E  Eb E
Orders from the D.A.

Chorus:
C#    B     Bbm       B
Look out, kid, don't matter what you did,
C#      B    Bbm    B
Walk on your tiptoes, don't try No Doz.
Eb
Better stay away from those, that carry 'round a fire hose,
Eb
Keep a clean nose, watch the plainclothes, to know which way the wind blows.

Interlude:
G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E

Verse:
G#m    E     Eb        E
Get sick, get well, hangin' 'round an inkwell,
G#m  E       Eb        E
Ring a bell, hard to tell, it's gonna sell.
G#m    E       Eb       E
Try hard, getin' barred, get back, write Braille,
G#m      E     Eb      E
Getin' jailed, jump bail, join the army if you failm

Chorus:
C#    B     Bbm      B
Look out, kid, it's something you did,
C#    B        Bbm    B
God knows when, but you're doin' it again.
C#          B     Bbm      B
Better duck down the alleyway, looking for a new friend.
Eb
Man in the coonskin cap, in the big pen,
Eb
Wants eleven dollar bills, you only got ten.

Interlude:
G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E Eb
G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E

Outro:
Eb
The man in the coonskin cap, in the big pen,
Eb
Wants eleven dollar bills, you only got ten.

G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E G#m E Eb E
(repeat & fade)