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The Law and the Lonesome

from Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams by Corin Raymond

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C minor. I’m capoed on the third fret, playing an Am shape.
Chords: Cm, E flat, B flat. Shapes: Am, C, G. Numbers: i, III, VII.
Note: between the 2nd and 3rd stanzas it goes to the III and back to the i, like it does in the chorus.

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The Law And the Lonesome

with the wrath of the law and the lonesome above you
and all those who love you behind
with a storm in your rearview and darkness before you
where will you fly to this time?

only Jesus will go down the road you’re burning
and you should be turning to him
how will you wade and be washed in the water
when the river is dirty as sin?
how can she take you and make you so lonely?
you said she was only a friend
any fool in his pride who’s tried to refuse her
can see you’re usin’ again

the snow’s like the ghost of cocaine on the highway
it shifts and plays tricks on your mind
the wind is like razors and in only two days
you done two hundred thousand white lines

you took the wrong way home
you took the wrong way home

they blasted the bedrock and laid all the blacktop
like a snake round the shoulders of God
Christ on his hilltop and the cop at the truckstop
they’re both only doing their job

you got a double cross to bear now you’ve lost
the last friend you had to lose
he’s in the ambulance you’re in the cruiser
with a fatal case of the sucker punch blues

you took the wrong way home
you took the wrong way home
you took the wrong way home

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from Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams, released March 31, 2016

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Corin Raymond Hamilton, Ontario

Toronto songwriter Corin Raymond is a troubadour whose robust veracity appeals to older folks and children alike.
Raymond's latest album, Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams (released March 3rd, 2016) was nominated for the Juno Award 'Contemporary Roots Album of the Year'.
"A hypnotic, literate collection of dark tall tales.... Romantic, immediate, and narcotic." (Acoustic Guitar). ... more

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