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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Clothes Line Saga</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Basement Tapes</a> (1967/1975)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  20 <p>Capo 4th fret (sounding key E major)</p>
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  25 C
  26
  27 C
  28 After a while we took in the clothes,
  29
  30 Nobody said very much.
  31
  32 Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants
  33
  34 Which nobody really wanted to touch.
  35 F
  36 Mama come in and picked up a book
  37
  38 An' Papa asked her what it was.
  39 C
  40 Someone else asked, &ldquo;What do you care?&rdquo;
  41
  42 Papa said, &ldquo;Well, just because.&rdquo;
  43 G7
  44 Then they started to take back their clothes,
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  46 Hang 'em on the line.
  47        C
  48 It was January the thirtieth
  49
  50 And everybody was feelin' fine.
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  53 <pre class="verse">
  54 The very next day everybody got up
  55 Seein' if the clothes were dry.
  56 The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed,
  57 Mama, of course, she said, &ldquo;Hi!&rdquo;
  58 &ldquo;Have you heard the news?&rdquo; he said, with a grin,
  59 &ldquo;The Vice-President's gone mad!&rdquo;
  60 &ldquo;Where?&rdquo; &ldquo;Downtown.&rdquo; &ldquo;When?&rdquo; &ldquo;Last night.&rdquo;
  61 &ldquo;Hmm, say, that's too bad!&rdquo;
  62 &ldquo;Well, there's nothin' we can do about it,&rdquo; said the neighbor,
  63 &ldquo;It's just somethin' we're gonna have to forget.&rdquo;
  64 &ldquo;Yes, I guess so,&rdquo; said Ma,
  65 Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet.
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  69 I reached up, touched my shirt,
  70 And the neighbor said, &ldquo;Are those clothes yours?&rdquo;
  71 I said, &ldquo;Some of 'em, not all of 'em.&rdquo;
  72 He said, &ldquo;Ya always help out around here with the chores?&rdquo;
  73 I said, &ldquo;Sometime, not all the time.&rdquo;
  74 Then my neighbor, he blew his nose
  75 Just as papa yelled outside,
  76 &ldquo;Mama wants you t' come back in the house and bring them clothes.&rdquo;
  77 Well, I just do what I'm told,
  78 So, I did it, of course.
  79 I went back in the house and Mama met me
  80 And then I shut all the doors.
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