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TAKE A LONG LINE

The Angels

[A] This is it folks, over the top

[A] He was selling post cards from a paper stand
A whiskey bottle in his withered hand
He put his finger on a photo from an old magazine
Saw himself in the shadow of a dream
Running with his head inside a juke-box crown
Told him his feet stank and took him downtown
Called him agitator, spy and thief
Shut him up solitary third degree

[A] Take a [D] long [E] line, Take a [D] long [E] line
Take a [D] long [E] line, Reel him [A] in

[A] He tried to appeal to the king of might,
He said I'm just exercisin' my sacred right
The king he said you ain't got no rights;
You're a mad, bad traitor get outta my sight

[A] Take a [D] long [E] line, Take a [D] long [E] line
Take a [D] long [E] line, Reel him [A] in

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[A] Running with his head inside a juke-box crown
Told him his feet stank and took him downtown
Called him agitator, spy and thief
Shut him up solitary third degree
Well they put him aboard a world-wide whirlwind
Pulled out his teeth and they told him to grin
He gave them a smile, pulled out a bottle of wine
He said I never existed you been wasting your time

[A] Take a [D] long [E] line, Take a [D] long [E] line
Take a [D] long [E] line, Reel him [A] in
[A] Take a [D] long [E] line, Take a [D] long [E] line
Take a [D] long [E] line, Reel him [A] in
[A] Take a [D] long [E] line [E] Take a [D] long [E] line
[E] Take a [D] long, long, long [E] line Reel him [A] in

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