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Rex's Blues by Townes Van Zandt on hubcap 3 string

Rex's Blues by Townes Van Zandt
Only 2 chords. As done here, E &A.
Could be done G &C, C &F, D&G, etc.

Ride the blue wind high and free.
She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you low, come time to go.
Alone and low as low can be

If I had a nickel I'd find a game
If I won a dollar I'd make it rain
If it rained an ocean I'd drink it dry
And lay me down dissatisfied

Legs to walk and thoughts to fly
Eyes to laugh and lips to cry
A restless tongue to classify
All born to grow and grown to die

So tell my baby I said so long
Tell my mother I did no wrong
Tell my brother to watch his own
And tell my friends to mourn me none

I'm chained upon the face of time
Feelin' full of foolish rhyme
There ain't no dark till something shines
I'm bound to leave this dark behind

repeat verse one

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Comment by Uncle John on July 12, 2014 at 9:34am: Thanks, Big D. Check out Towne Van Zandt doing this song.

As for the hubcap guitar, it is kind of crude, but a good player. It was acoustic here and my Kodak still cam makes it sound louder than I think it is. It started life with a piezo and later had a bass mag pup added above the hubcap. It is fretted (crookedly!) and is normally a GDg tuned git. Here it was ADF# capoed two. It plays well enough that I may play it at KC fest. Thanks.

Comment by Big 'D' Martin on July 12, 2014 at 9:23am: Very nice song and performance Uncle John but I would love to have closer look on this hubcup beauty.