Ray Wylie Hubbard - Knives Of Spain guitar chord

The Knives of Spain

By Ray Wylie Hubbard

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If I had some poet’s wings

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I would fly to New Orleans

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I’d rhyme my trials and my misdeeds

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So if you cut the words they would bleed

Chorus 1:

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And in the night when I’m all alone

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And the sadness goes to the bone

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I’d make the words in the refrain

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As lethal as the knives of Spain

If I had some black cat’s bones

I’d take the things down to Antone’s

Then I’d steal what I really need

I’d take it home and I’d let it bleed

Chorus 2:

And in the night when I’m by myself

I’d take what it was down from the shelf

When I find the words in the refrain

As lethal as the knives of Spain

If I had some grains of faith

Well I’d keep ’em where they were safe

Then I would not disbelieve

Be corrupted or deceived

Chorus 3:

And in the night when no one’s around

I would kneel down upon the ground

When I find the words in the refrain

As lethal as the knives of Spain.

Chorus 3