Billy Strings - My Alice (Live)

[Intro]
Dm C Am C Dm

[Verse 1]
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Early in the fall, back deep in the woods
C Dm
The first hint of frost is upon you
C Am
About a mile beyond a field’s stone wall
C Dm
It’s not hard to get lost if you want to

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Too far from the city to see the white lights
C Dm
I move in the shadows under cover of night
C Am
Too far from the highway to blow a flat tire
C Dm
So I stare at the ashes and fire

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Well John St. Paul is a well-known man
C Dm
Of wealth in his skyscraper palace
C Am
He likes his old Cadillac prepped for long drives
C Dm
I don’t like how he looks at my Alice

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I work his garage when a with wrench in my glove
C Dm
Bring the stench of his gasoline home to my love
C Am
She swears once again she has all she desires
C Dm
As I stare at the ashes and fire

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Dm C Am
One day late last week when I got to work
C Dm
The boss needs his Caddy all steady
C Am
I remembered his eyes all over my wife
C Dm
As I carefully got my tools ready

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What a terrible shame should he ever break down
C Dm
With me on his trail and so far from town
C Am
If his brakes were to fail, if he blew out a tire
C Dm
And I stared in the ashes and fire

[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
Dm C Am
Now John St. Paul is a well-known man
C Dm
Of wealth in his skyscraper palace
C Am
He likes his old Cadillac prepped for long drives
C Dm
I don’t like how he looks at my Alice
C Dm
I don’t like how he looks at my Alice