Two Girls
Townes Van Zandt

CAPO 5th Fret

INTRO:
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Well, the clouds didn't look like cotton - they didn't even look like clouds
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I was underneath the weather and my friends looked like a crowd
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The swimmin' hole was full o' rum - I tried to find out why
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All I learned was this my friends - you got to swim before you fly

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I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
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One I love with all my heart - and one I do not know

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Two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse passed by not long ago
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They asked me where the action was - I said I did not know
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And as they disappeared into the brush I heard the driver say
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He's a little slow between the ears - He's always been that way

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I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
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One I love with all my heart - and one I do not know

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Jolly Jane just lays around and listens with her mouth
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She's had about a dozen husbands, but the last one just pulled out
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Now who's gonna bring her dinner through the weary years ahead?
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All she'll get from me is sympathy - got no time to see she's fed

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I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
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One I love with all my heart - and one I do not know
 
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Cold down on the bayou, they say it's in your mind
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But the moccasins are treadin' ice and leavin' strange designs
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Cajuns say the last time this happened they werent' here
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Aw, Beaumont's full of penguins and I'm a playin' it by ear

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I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
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One I love with all my heart - and one I do not know

         Am  C                 Am           Dm
I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
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One I love with all my heart - and one I do not know