Poor Lazarus Cifras

Poor Lazarus (trad)
Similar to the version recorded by Bob Dylan on the “Minnesota Hotel Tape” (Dec 22 1961)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Standard tuning no capo
 
 
[Intro]
 
D/F#          G          G7
Well they found poor Lazarus
      C            A
in between two mountains
            G      D/F#
Blowed him down    great God
                  G    D/F#
they blowed him down
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
          G             G7
Well they killed poor Lazarus
         C     A
with a mighty number
        G   D/F#
number 45
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
          G                G7
Poor Lazarus they took his body
C                    A
to the commissary office
            G   D/F#
Walked away
                          G   D/F#
great God they walked away
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
          G               G7
Poor Lazarus Lazarus's father
C                             A
When he heard his son was a-dying
                            G   D/F#
he said: let that fool go down
                   G   D/F#
Let the fool go down
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
          G                      G7
And Lazarus Lazarus's little sister
C                            A
she could not come to the funeral
                 G     D/F#
Didn't have no shoes
               G     D/F#
lord on her feet
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
          G                   G7
And Lazarus Lazarus's old mother
C              A
walking down the road
                 G    D/F#
crying: my only son
                   G    D/F#
he killed my only son
 
 
[Verse 6]
 
          G                     G7
Hey captain did you hear the news?
C                         A
Your men are gonna leave you
            G    D/F#
next pay day
                    G    D/F#
oh lord next pay day
 
 
[Verse 7]
 
          G                       G7
Well the high sheriff told the deputy
C                     A
go out and get me Lazarus
            G     D/F#
Dead or alive
            G
dead or alive
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