Hank Williams – 127 Rose Avenue chords

          127 Rose Avenue - Hank Williams


AbmSomewhere in the middle of the Deep South

Eb7Magnolias sway in the breeze

AbmTo the lonesome sound of a redbone hound
Eb7Howlin' at the moon in the trees

Abm                      DbmThere's a sad boy with his guitar

                         AbmCuttin' his teeth on the blues

Abm              Wishin' on a fallin' star

Eb7              Abmat 127 Rose Avenue

VERSE 2

AbmDistant moan of a midnight train comes

Eb7Blowin' through the night

AbmHe dips his pen in tears and pain

Eb7And he begins to write

Abm'bout a whippoorwill too blue to fly

Dbm                      Abmand the Indian he once knew
abm'bout lost highways and purple skies

Eb7              Abmat 127 Rose Avenue

CHORUS:
Dbm                      Eb7Caretaker said as he shook his head

Dbm                      Eb7Son, do you believe in ghosts

Dbm                      For a five dollar bill you can feel the chill

Eb7He felt long ago

VERSE 3

AbmSo I bought me a ticket at the front door

Eb7Guess who was there inside

AbmI felt his presence through the whole tour

Eb7God I swear, he was alive

AbmI saw the train, I felt the pain

Eb7I heard him moanin' the blues

Abm29 years of memories

Dbm               Eb7at 127 Rose Avenue

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

CHORUS

VERSE 4

AbmAnother sad-eyed boy with his guitar

Eb7Cuttin' his teeth on the blues

AbmHere I am wishin' on a fallin' star

Eb7          AbmAt 127 Rose Avenue

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

It ain't in Nashville

It's not in Montgomery

127 Rose Avenue