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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Please, Mrs. Henry</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 C# major)</p>
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  24 <pre class="verse">
  25 A
  26
  27            A
  28 Well, I've already had two beers
  29     D
  30 I'm ready for the broom
  31 A
  32 Please, Missus Henry, won't you
  33 D
  34 Take me to my room?
  35       A
  36 I'm a good ol' boy
  37               E
  38 But I've been sniffin' too many eggs
  39 D
  40 Talkin' to too many people
  41                   A
  42 Drinkin' too many kegs
  43 </pre>
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  45 <pre class="refrain">
  46 A
  47 Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
  48 D
  49 Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
  50     A
  51 I'm down on my knees
  52
  53 An' I ain't got a dime
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  56 <pre class="verse">
  57 Well, I'm groanin' in a hallway
  58 Pretty soon I'll be mad
  59 Please, Missus Henry, won't you
  60 Take me to your dad?
  61 I can drink like a fish
  62 I can crawl like a snake
  63 I can bite like a turkey
  64 I can slam like a drake
  65 </pre>
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  67 <pre class="refrain">
  68 Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
  69 Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
  70 I'm down on my knees
  71 An' I ain't got a dime
  72 </pre>
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  74 <pre class="verse">
  75 Now, don't crowd me, lady
  76 Or I'll fill up your shoe
  77 I'm a sweet bourbon daddy
  78 An' tonight I am blue
  79 I'm a thousand years old
  80 And I'm a generous bomb
  81 I'm T-boned and punctured
  82 But I'm known to be calm
  83 </pre>
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  85 <pre class="refrain">
  86 Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
  87 Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
  88 I'm down on my knees
  89 An' I ain't got a dime
  90 </pre>
  91
  92 <pre class="verse">
  93 Now, I'm startin' to drain
  94 My stool's gonna squeak
  95 If I walk too much farther
  96 My crane's gonna leak
  97 Look, Missus Henry
  98 There's only so much I can do
  99 Why don't you look my way
 100 An' pump me a few?
 101 </pre>
 102
 103 <pre class="refrain">
 104 Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
 105 Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
 106 I'm down on my knees
 107 An' I ain't got a dime
 108 </pre>
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