Neil Young - Carmichael Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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A silk scarf and a napkin
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Hidden in a drawer
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Two hundred bucks in an envelope
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Labelled Lenore
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"Maybe she shouldn't see this.
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She should never know,"
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Said the widow's best friend, Ann,
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"I'll just take it and go."
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"I'll give her the money later
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Say it was in his shoe
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That way she'll never find out
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That'll do."
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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"Carmichael was a credit to the force
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In everything he did.
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It's like we got a big hole in our side
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Where he fit.
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"If any of you officers
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Would like to say a word,
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Now would be the time
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To be heard."
 
 
[Verse 3]
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"Well, thank you, Chief, I sure would.
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He was a partner of mine.
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He was always very careful,
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Played it straight down the line."
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One by one, the officers spoke
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And the service drew to a close
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He had no living relatives but his wife
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Who never showed.
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She just couldn't face the men
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They all understood
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They got in their cars
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And drove home as directly as they could
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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"Carmichael, you a**hole,"
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the new widow sobbed beneath her veil
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"Shot down in the line of duty
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Is that how justice never fails?"
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"I wish that things were better
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When we said goodbye today
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But we had our share of good times though
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Along the way.
 
 
[Verse 5]
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"Remember, hey Mr. Las Vegas,
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You used to be so cool
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We met Wayne Newton down at Pebble Beach
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And you acted like a fool
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"We both just couldn't stop laughing
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It seemed so funny to us
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We left our luggage back in the room
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And almost missed the bus.
 
 
[Verse 6]
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"That was a great vacation
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Maybe the best of all
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But God damn it, Carmichael, you're dead now
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And I'm talkin' to the wall."
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 7]
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The force got back to normal
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Carmichael was replaced
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For one year nobody parked a car
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In Carmichael's space.
 
 
[Outro]
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