Wharf Rat

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Old man down,

Em                                      Asus2

Way down down, down by the docks of the city.

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Blind and dirty,

Em                                       Asus2

Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee.

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I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story.

My name is August West,

And I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine.

More than my wine -

More than my maker, though he's no friend of mine.

Everyone said,

I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly, believe them.

Half of my life,

I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime,

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The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on Burgundy wine

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But I'll get back      on my feet again someday,

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The good Lord willin',      if He says I may.

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I know that the life      I'm livin's no good,

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I'll get a new start,        live the life I should.

Break

Em

I'll get up and fly away,

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I'll get up and fly away, fly away.

Pearly's been true,

True to me, true to my dyin' day he said,

I said to him,

I said to him, "I'm sure she's been."

I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you."

Got up and wandered,

Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around.

I've got a girl,

Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me.

I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me.