[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
Well, I been h

             
angin' out of 

            
town, in that 

         
low-down rain
             
Watchin' good-

             
time Charlie f

            
riend is drivi

                         
n' me insane
             
Up on shady Ch

             
arlotte Street

            
 all the green

             
 lights look r


ed
             
I wish I's bac

             
k home on the 

            
farm, Lordy in

           
 my feather be

d

[Chorus]
            
And I got myse

      
lf a rockin' c

hair
             
To see if I co

     
uld lose
           
This thin, dim

        
e___ hard-time
            
Hell on Church

         
 Street blues

[Solo]
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[Verse 2]
             
I found myself

             
 a picker frie

            
nd and I read 

            
yesterdays new

s
             
I folded up pa

             
ge twenty-one 

           
and stuck it i

     
n my shoe
             
I gave me a ni

             
ckel to the po

            
or, my good tu

           
rn for the day
             
I folded up my

             
 old billfold,

            
 and threw it 

    
far away

[Chorus]
            
And I got myse

      
lf a rockin' c

hair
             
To see if I co

     
uld lose
           
This thin, dim

        
e___ hard-time
            
Hell on Church

         
 Street blues.

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
             
And I wish I h

             
ad some guitar

            
 strings, Old 

             
Black Diamond 

  
brand
             
I'd string up 

             
this old Marti

            
n box and go a

            
nd join some b

and
             
But I guess I'

             
ll go and stay

              
 right here an

           
d pick and sin

      
g a while
             
Try to make me

             
 a little chan

            
ge and give th

          
em folks a smi

le

[Chorus]
            
And I got myse

      
lf a rockin' c

hair
             
To see if I co

    
uld lose
           
This thin, dim

        
e___ hard-time
            
Hell on Church

         
 Street blues.

[Solo]
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[Outro]
             
And I got myse

     
lf a rockin' c

hair
           
To see if I co

     
uld lose
           
This thin, dim

        
e___ hard-time

s
            
Hell on Church

         
 Street blues