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Murder Tonight In The Trailer Park

Cowboy Junkies

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MURDER, TONIGHT, IN THE TRAILER PARK

Intro  A  G  E  C

 A		               G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.
C
Mrs. Annabelle Evans found
	    E
with her throat cut after dark.
A
Her pockets turned inside out
	      G
her dresser drawers turned upside down.
E                       C
Anna's neighbor, Peg, identifies the body
E			   F#m    B    A    E   C#m B A  
lets out a hollow kind of sound.

E	      A
Homicide is tying yellow ribbons
E	             A
around her silver Airstream.
E	       A
Red cherries slashing up the night
B		       A	      E
cutting through that cordoned crime scene.
A	       G		      E           C
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.

A			      G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.
C
Pack your things, Ann Marie, we're heading
E
west, we're gonna make a fresh start.
A
I've been saving pennies,
	       G
been looking forward to this day.
E                               C
No time for questions, are you coming
E		  F#m   B    A    E    C#m B A
or are you gonna stay?

E		   A
Crosstown at the Waterton
         E			   A
George Evans is sitting tall and tight,
E			  A
buying drinks for all the regulars
B			C#m               B     A    B
bragging about how them bones danced for him tonight.
A	        G	 	              E    C
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.


GUITAR BREAK OVER VERSE CHORDS 


A		              G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.
C
Faceless man counting crumpled bills,
E
hotel neon fights the dark.
A				      G
TV set in the corner, they're talking murder on the late-night news.
E                         C
He turns down the sound, waits for the sports.
   C#m		           B		   A
He only wants to know "did I win or did I lose?"

E	 A		       E	     A
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.
E       A	       E
Murder in the trailer park.


REPEAT TO END

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Murder Tonight In The Trailer Park

Cowboy Junkies