Kenesaw Mountain Landis chords by Jonathan Coulton

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD xx0232
G+G 3x0003
E minorEm 022000
A7A7 x02020
A augmentedA x02220
B minorBm x24432
F#F# 244322

Verse 1
D MajorD               G+G
Kenesaw Mountain Landis was a bad mother fucker
    D MajorD               E minorEm        A7A7
He was seventeen feet tall, he had a hundred and fifty wives
  D MajorD               G+G
He didn't do that much except he saved the game of baseball
    D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD       A7A7
He put two and two together and he noticed it was four
    D MajorD      G+G         D MajorD     A7A7
Now the treachery of Shoeless Joe can't hurt us anymore
     D MajorD            G+G    A7A7    D MajorD   A(break)
And he'll always be remembered as Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Verse 2
D MajorD               G+G
Fellow named Joe Jackson was a fielder for the Black Sox
    D MajorD                  E minorEm      A7A7
And he always wore his black socks, but he never wore no shoes
  D MajorD                G+G
He weren't the nicest fellow and he had a couple problems
     D MajorD         G+G          D MajorD      A7A7
Cause he drank a lot and he beat his wife and he always acted rude
  D MajorD          G+G       D MajorD     A7A7
He killed and ate some babies and he copped an attitude
    D MajorD               G+G    A7A7    D MajorD   A(break)
And the one man that he hated most was Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Bridge 1
B minorBm
Mafia said Shoeless Joe
F#F#
You should really run this show
D MajorD
You should be the guy who owns baseball
  B minorBm
And all you really gotta do
  F#F#
Is help us make a buck or two
D MajorD        G+G   A7A7
We'll bet on the other team
    D MajorD         G+G    A7A7
You'll lose the game but make it seem
   D MajorD        G+G        A7A7
Like nothing could be further from the truth

Verse 3
D MajorD                 G+G
Shoeless Joe did what they said he dropped a couple fly balls
    D MajorD                E minorEm        A7A7
And he walked up to the pitcher and he poked him in the eye
  D MajorD               G+G
And in the seventh inning with the Black Sox nearly beaten
     D MajorD        G+G         D MajorD        A7A7
There was someone who was watching from his blimp above the stands
D MajorD     G+G      D MajorD        A7A7
Cradling a rifle in his thick and meaty hands
    D MajorD                G+G    A augmentedA    D MajorD   A(break)
And as if you hadn't guessed yet it was Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Bridge 2
B minorBm
Kenesaw said drop that glove
F#F#
Or I swear by God above
D MajorD
I'll make you regret playing baseball
B minorBm
Shoeless Joe looked up and saw
F#F#
The silver rifle's gaping maw
D MajorD         G+G    A7A7
Though no one had noticed yet
  D MajorD       G+G    A7A7
His underwear was getting wet
  D MajorD        G+G       A7A7
He peed himself in front of everyone

Slow Verse
D MajorD                G+G
Shoeless Joe was finished but he couldn't quite admit it
   D MajorD              E minorEm       A7A7
So he raised his middle finger up above the other four
D MajorD              G+G
Kenesaw took careful aim and fired a single bullet
    D MajorD        G+G         D MajorD         A7A7
And he shot that dirty finger off and he dropped his trusty gun
  D MajorD     G+G       D MajorD        A7A7
And everybody in the stands knew that he had won
  D MajorD                G+G    A7A7    D MajorD
And today they still refer to him as Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Final Verse
D MajorD               G+G
Shoeless Joe left baseball and became a famous pop star
    D MajorD                 E minorEm      A7A7    D MajorD
And he asked the musical question is she really going out with him
               G+G
He had a couple albums and a comeback in the 80's
    D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD       A7A7
But he never won a Grammy and he never was the same
    D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD     A7A7
And he never could be satisfied with critical acclaim
     D MajorD                 G+G   A7A7   D MajorD   A7A7
Cause the critics all confused him with the great Elvis Costello
    D MajorD                 G+G    A7A7  D MajorD