MURDER, TONIGHT, IN THE TRAILER PARK
Intro A G E C
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Murder tonight in the trailer park.
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Mrs. Annabelle Evans found
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with her throat cut after dark.
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Her pockets turned inside out
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her dresser drawers turned upside down.
E C
Anna's neighbor, Peg, identifies the body
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lets out a hollow kind of sound.
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Homicide is tying yellow ribbons
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around her silver Airstream.
E A
Red cherries slashing up the night
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cutting through that cordoned crime scene.
A G E C
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.
A G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.
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Pack your things, Ann Marie, we're heading
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west, we're gonna make a fresh start.
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I've been saving pennies,
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been looking forward to this day.
E C
No time for questions, are you coming
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or are you gonna stay?
E A
Crosstown at the Waterton
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George Evans is sitting tall and tight,
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buying drinks for all the regulars
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bragging about how them bones danced for him tonight.
A G E C
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.
GUITAR BREAK OVER VERSE CHORDS
A G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.
C
Faceless man counting crumpled bills,
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hotel neon fights the dark.
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TV set in the corner, they're talking murder on the late-night news.
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He turns down the sound, waits for the sports.
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He only wants to know "did I win or did I lose?"
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There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.
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Murder in the trailer park.
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