Townes Van Zandt

Sanitarium Blues

Townes Van Zandt

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Sanitarium Blues

Written by Townes Van Zandt

	  		 
 
 
B         F#               E 
The folks, they just can't take no more 
B                     F#             E 
Throw you in the back seat, slam the door 
B                  F#                E    
No stoppin' as down the road you go 
G#m 
Got not time to lose 
 
 
Gigantic one way gate ahead 
You're thinkin' man I'd as soon be dead 
They decided to give you life instead 
The sanitarium blues 
 
 
Big ole nurse all dressed in white slaps you on a table in the middle of the night 
Then he straps you down real tight 
You're wonderin', what'd I do 
 
 
They hose you down, make sure you're clean 
Wrap you up in hospital green 
Shoot you full of Thorazine 
The sanitarium blues 
 
 
Bridge: 
E          B       F# 
Could be a TB or maybe a tumor 
E                               B              F# 
Eavesdropping on the doctors, listening to the rumors 
E                                           F# 
Can't see your friends, hear the hum of the wheels 
          B                       F# 
Hey my man, you know how it feels 
E 
Like the sanitarium blues 
 
 
They upon some sunlit day they figure there's no need for you to stay 
They're pretty sure you can't be cured so they send you on your merry way 
You hit the pavement, hang around nobody's on the outside to be found 
 
 
You're just tryin' to stay above the ground 
You start to thinkin', what's the use? 
The sanitarium blues 
  
 

		  

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