Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
G+G
Verse:
G+G C majorC G+G
Jim Morrison, Miami County Prison,
C majorC G+G D MajorD
lookin' out the window at the barbed wire fence
G+G C majorC G+G
Singing "This ain't for me, this rock and roll scene.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
I should be writing poetry on a farm out in France.
Chorus:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Cause I can't see through the darkness. I can't feel no pain.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Seems you lose your spark when you achieve your fame.
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
I could start it all over, I could escape.
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
If I could only make it to 28
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
If I could only make it to 28.
Verse:
G+G C majorC G+G
Janis Joplin, one foot in the coffin.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Left that field a-rockin' as she walked on out the door.
G+G C majorC G+G
She put her head in her hands, she said "I've given all I can.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
I drain myself for these fans. I ain't never been this dry before.
Chorus:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
But Imma move out of this Chelsea Hotel, stop drinking all the time.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Stop blowin' Leonard Cohen and listening to him whine.
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Cause I know I am beautiful, I will prove it someday.
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
If I could only make it to 28.
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
If I could only make it to 28.
Verse:
G+G C majorC G+G
And Kurt Cobain sat in his shed in the rain,
C majorC G+G D MajorD
stomach full of pain, eyes growin' dark.
G+G C majorC G+G
He said "I'm losing control. I oughta move down to San Francisco,
C majorC G+G D MajorD
light candles at all of my shows and switch to acoustic guitars.
Chorus:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Cause this world don't need no more tension and hate.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Needs a reason for these kids to stand up and create.
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And I could pull this trigger, or I could just walk away,
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
if I could only make it to 28.
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
If I could only make it to 28.
C majorC G+G
If I could only make it
C majorC G+G
If I could only make it.