Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Intro:
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FF
Verse 1:
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It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63
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A augmentedA day that will live on in infamy
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President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
FF
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
C majorC
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
FF
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
G+G
"Of course we do, we know who you are!"
FF
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
C majorC
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
FF
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
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You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect
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We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
G+G
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
FF
We've already got someone here to take your place
C majorC
The day they blew out the brains of the king
FF
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
C majorC
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
FF
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
G+G
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
FF
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
C majorC
Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
FF
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul
Interlude:
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Verse 2:
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Hush, little children, you'll understand
FF
The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
C majorC
Slide down the banister, go get your coat
FF C majorC
Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat
G+G
There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
FF
Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
G+G
I'm goin' to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
FF
Then I'll go to Altamont and sit near the stage
C majorC
Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
FF C majorC
There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
FF
Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
C majorC FF
Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President
G+G
Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
FF
Try to make it to the triple underpass
G+G
Blackface singer, whiteface clown
FF
Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
C majorC FF
Up in the red light district, they've got cop on the beat
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Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
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When you're down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
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Don't ask what your country can do for you
G+G FF
Cash on the ballot, money to burn
G+G FF
Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
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I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
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The place where faith, hope, and charity lie
G+G FF
Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
G+G FF
See if you can shoot the invisible man
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Goodbye, Charlie! Goodbye, Uncle Sam!
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Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn
G+G FF
What is the truth, and where did it go?
G+G FF
Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
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"Shut your mouth," said a wise old owl
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Business is business, and it's a murder most foul
Interlude:
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Verse 3:
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Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen
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I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
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Ridin' in the backseat next to my wife
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Headed straight on in to the afterlife
G+G FF
I'm leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap
G+G FF
Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
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Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
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We're right down the street, from the street where you live
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They mutilated his body and they took out his brain
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What more could they do? They piled on the pain
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But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
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For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that
G+G FF
Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
G+G FF
I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
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Send me some lovin', then tell me no lie
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Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
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Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
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Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
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Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
FF C majorC
Parkland hospital, only six more miles
FF C majorC
You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
FF C majorC
That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
G+G FF
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
G+G FF
Never shot anyone from in front or behind
G+G FF
I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
G+G FF
I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
C majorC
Zapruder's film I seen night before
FF C majorC
Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more
FF
It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
C majorC FF
Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
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They killed him once and they killed him twice
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Killed him like a human sacrifice
G+G FF
The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son
G+G FF
The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
C majorC FF
Air Force One comin' in through the gate
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Johnson sworn in at 2:38
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Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
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It is what it is, and it's murder most foul
Interlude:
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Verse 4:
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What's new, pussycat? What'd I say?
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I said the soul of a nation been torn away
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And it's beginning to go into a slow decay
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And that it's thirty-six hours past Judgment Day
G+G FF
Wolfman Jack, he's speaking in tongues
G+G FF
He's going on and on at the top of his lungs
C majorC
Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack
FF
Play it for me in my long Cadillac
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Play me that "Only the Good Die Young"
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Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung
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Play "St. James Infirmary" and the Court of King James
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If you want to remember, you better write down the names
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Play Etta James, too, play "I'd Rather Go Blind"
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Play it for the man with the telepathic mind
G+G FF
Play John Lee Hooker, play "Scratch My Back"
G+G FF
Play it for that strip club owner named Jack
G+G FF
Guitar Slim going down slow
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Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe
Verse 5:
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Play "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
FF
Play it for the First Lady, she ain't feeling any good
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Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey
FF
Take it to the limit and let it go by
C majorC
Play it for Carl Wilson, too
FF
Looking far, far away down Gower Avenue
C majorC
Play tragedy, play "Twilight Time"
FF
Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
G+G
Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust"
FF
Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust"
G+G
Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road
FF
Stand there and wait for his head to explode
C majorC
Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
FF C majorC
The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree
FF
Play it for the reverend, play it for the pastor
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Play it for the dog that got no master
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Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz
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Play "Blue Sky," play Dickey Betts
G+G FF
Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk
G+G
Charlie Parker and all that junk
FF
All that junk and "All That Jazz"
C majorC FF
Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz
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Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd
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Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd
G+G FF
Play the numbers, play the odds
G+G FF
Play "Cry Me A augmentedA River" for the Lord of the gods
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Play Number nine, play Number six
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Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks
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Play Nat King Cole, play "Nature Boy"
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Play "Down In The Boondocks" for Terry Malloy
G+G FF
Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"
G+G FF
There's twelve million souls that are listening in
G+G FF
Play "Merchant of Venice", play "Merchants of Death"
G+G FF
Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth
C majorC FF
Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
C majorC FF
Your brothers are comin', there'll be hell to pay
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Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell?
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Tell them, "We're waiting, keep coming," we'll get them as well
G+G FF
Love Field is where his plane touched down
G+G FF
But it never did get back up off the ground
G+G FF
Was a hard act to follow, second to none
G+G FF
They killed him on the altar of the rising sun
C majorC FF
Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon"
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Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June"
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Play "Lonely At the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave"
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Play it for Houdini spinning around his grave
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Play Jelly Roll Morton, play "Lucille"
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Play "Deep In a Dream", and play "Driving Wheel"
G+G FF
Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp
G+G FF
And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp
C majorC FF
Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"
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Play darkness and death will come when it comes
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Play "Love Me Or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell
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Play "The Blood-stained Banner", play "Murder Most Foul"
Outro:
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