Ray Wylie Hubbard - Knives Of Spain Chords

The Knives of Spain
By Ray Wylie Hubbard


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If I had some poet’s wings
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I would fly to New Orleans
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I’d rhyme my trials and my misdeeds
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So if you cut the words they would bleed

Chorus 1:
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And in the night when I’m all alone
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And the sadness goes to the bone
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I’d make the words in the refrain
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As lethal as the knives of Spain

If I had some black cat’s bones
I’d take the things down to Antone’s
Then I’d steal what I really need
I’d take it home and I’d let it bleed

Chorus 2:
And in the night when I’m by myself
I’d take what it was down from the shelf
When I find the words in the refrain
As lethal as the knives of Spain

If I had some grains of faith
Well I’d keep ’em where they were safe
Then I would not disbelieve
Be corrupted or deceived

Chorus 3:
And in the night when no one’s around
I would kneel down upon the ground
When I find the words in the refrain 
As lethal as the knives of Spain.

Chorus 3