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This Property Is Condemned (M.McKee)
from the album "Maria McKee"

(This is a loose version on this song.
Chords may not be exactly right.
The Em - C progression covers most of the song.)

Intro:  Em C      ( x 8)

Verse 1:  (Em   C)
27th wagon, full of cotton
Was parked outside my chicken shack door
I kept my crib covered up in satin
In case my baby came around for more
Now I feel, Daddy, somethin's not the same

GG Piano Chord 
                              AmAm Piano Chord 

'Cause there's weeds, and there's rust

And the roof won't hold the rain

EmEm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   EmEm Piano Chord 


Chorus:

GG Piano Chord 
                 AmAm Piano Chord 

I remember better days

CC Piano Chord 

Lace in every window

GG Piano Chord 

And roses round the gate

EmEm Piano Chord 
                                     AmAm Piano Chord 

Now they've chased away all my friends

DD Piano Chord 

And they've locked me out

AmAm Piano Chord 
                     CC Piano Chord 

And hung a sign on the fence

And it says this property is condemned

(Back to :  Em  C    (x4))

Verse 2:

Take me down the Vieux Carre
Where a little girl can get a bed or a bite
If you should see me
Coughin' round the corner
Won't you mix a little sugar with my tonic tonight
I can feel like I'm part of the parade

GG Piano Chord 
                     AmAm Piano Chord 

'Cause I feel like there's bourbon
Slappin' around in my veins

EmEm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
   EmEm Piano Chord 


Chorus

Verse 3:
I got a new tiara, Daddy
Take me to the Mardi Gras
Buy me cotton candy, dress me up in satin
Let me be your babydoll
We csan ditch that social worker
In and out the swinging doors on Tchoupitoulas Street
You may call me jailbait
But I aint too little to take the heat
I can feel, phantoms blowin' thru my brain

GG Piano Chord 
                                AmAm Piano Chord 

And I feel, like I need someone to make em go away

Chorus

Fade out on Em - C