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The Mayor of MacDougal Street


C G7 C He's been gone for many years now, that's for certain. F C Left a vacant spot no man can fill. F C They closed the hall and someone drew the curtain. C G7 C No one's replaced him yet - no one will. D G Hangin' around the Gaslight back in the day, D G Laughin' with Dave Van Ronk and hearin' him play - F C G/B Am It was Green, Green Rocky Road and play it as it lays, G7 C The devil's on the bandstand, it's a helluva tune he plays. F C G/B Am But the devil puts down his banjo and he reaches for the booze C G7 C When the Mayor of MacDougal Street's playin' the blues.

When Dave Van Ronk sat down, the room got quiet.
He strummed a lazy chord on his Guild guitar.
Sounds so sweet, it made you wanna try it;
It made you dream of swingin' on a star.

Hangin' around the Gaslight back in the day,
Laughin' with Dave Van Ronk and hearin' him play -
It was Green, Green Rocky Road and play it as it lays,
The devil's on the bandstand, it's a helluva tune he plays.
But the devil puts down his banjo and he reaches for the booze
When the Mayor of MacDougal Street's playin' the blues.

Never knew a man to suffer fools less gladly.
Or to view this world of ours with more jaundiced eye.
I miss this friend of mine, I miss him badly -
In this pygmy world, a giant came stompin' by.

Hangin' around the Gaslight back in the day,
Laughin' with Dave Van Ronk and hearin' him play -
It was Green, Green Rocky Road and play it as it lays,
The devil's on the bandstand, it's a helluva tune he plays.
But the devil puts down his banjo and he reaches for the booze
When the Mayor of MacDougal Street's playin' the blues
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(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 2013)


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