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Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone

from 2020 Vision by Jan Hauenstein

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Written by the late great John Prine.
© Big Ears Music and Bruised Oranges Music

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Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone John Prine

- Two instrumental verse lines-
The (C)movie wasn't really doing so (Dm)hot,
Said the (G)new producer to the (G7)old big (C)shot.
It´s dying on the edge of the great Mid(Dm)west,
Sa(G)bu must tour or for(G7)ever (C)rest.

Hey look, ma, here comes the elephant boy,
(F)Bundled all up in his corduroy,
(G)Headed down south towards Illinois,
From the (F)jungles of (G)East St. (C)Paul.

His manager sat in the office a(Dm)lone,
(G)Staring at the numbers on the (G7)tele(C)phone,
Wondering how a man could send a child (Dm)actor
To (G)visit in the land of the (G7)wind chill (C)factor.

Hey look, ma, here comes the elephant boy,
(F)Bundled all up in his corduroy,
(G)Headed down south towards Illinois,
From the (F)jungles of (G)East St. (C)Paul.
- Instrumental verse -

Sabu was sad, the whole tour (Dm)stunk,
The (G)airline´s lost the (G7)elephant's (C)trunk.
The roadie got the rabies and the scabies and the (Dm)flu,
They were (G)low on morale but they were (G7)high on.glue.(C)

Hey look, ma, here comes the elephant boy,
(F)Bundled all up in his corduroy,
(G)Headed down south towards Illinois,
From the (F)jungles of (G)East St. (C)Paul,
From the (F)jungles of (G)East St. (C)Paul,
From the (F)jungles of (G)East St. (C)Paul.

© John Prine, All Rights Reserved

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from 2020 Vision, released September 9, 2020
Claudia Wichmann sang background vocals.

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
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Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

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