Kentucky Avenue

ch /ch ch /ch |Aadd9/C# - D6| - |Aadd9/C# - D6| ch /ch Aadd9/C# D6 Eddie Grace's Buick got four bullet holes in the side ch /ch Aadd9/C# Bm7 E7 and Charlie Delisle is sittin' at the top of an avocado tree ch /ch Aadd9/C# D6 Mrs. Storm will stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn ch /ch Aadd9/C# Bm7 E7 I got a half a pack of Lucky Strikes, man, so come along with me ch /ch Aadd9/C# D6 Let's fill our pockets with macadamia nuts ch /ch Aadd9/C# Bm7 E7 And go over to Bobby Goodmanson's and jump off the roof ch /ch Aadd9/C# D6 Well, Hilda plays strip poker when her mama's 'cross the street ch /ch Aadd9/C# Bm7 E7 Joey Navinski says she put her tongue in his mouth ch /ch Aadd9/C# D6 Db7 Dicky Faulkner's got a switchblade and some gooseneck risers Gbm7 B9 Bm7 E7 That eucalyptus is a hunchback, there's a wind up from the south ch /ch Aadd9/C# So let me tie you up with kite string D6 and I'll show you the scabs on my knee ch /ch Aadd9/C# Watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on Bm7 E7 and come along with me Let's follow that fire truck I think your house is burnin' down Then go down to the hobo jungle and kill some rattlesnakes with a trowel And we'll break all the windows in the old Anderson place And we'll steal a bunch of boysenberries and I'll smear 'em on your face I'll get a dollar from my mama's purse and buy that scull and crossbones ring And you can wear it 'round your neck on an old piece of string Then we'll spit on Ronnie Arnold and flip him the bird And slash the tires on the school bus now don't say a word I'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials in my arm And I'll show you how to sneak up on the roof of the drugstore I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair and a magpie's wings And I'll tie 'em to your shoulders and your feet I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad and cut the braces off your legs And we'll bury them tonight out in the cornfield ch /ch Aadd9/C# Just put a church key in your pocket D6 we'll hop that freight train in the hall ch /ch Aadd9/C# We'll slide all the way down the drain ch /ch Bm7 E7 Aadd9/C# D6 to New Orleans in the fall ch /ch |Aadd9/C# - D6| - |Aadd9|