Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: F I can recall you standng tall, Dm A man in all his glory gazing Gm At them patterns painting rainbows in C The sunlight on the pavement F in the blackness where your axon sent me Dm Softly into dreaming Gm Over bends and home again only to C Turn up inbetween them
Verse 2: F And the speakers shout me greetings Dm They shout me revelations Gm Where them villains wind up dancing and their fans come C Spend their paychecks F And we dance around a ram sent down(?) and Dm We just wear the anthem sounds Gm Tricksters and the tramps about, C Cheaters as the champs are crowned Verse 3: F You take your chances Dm While the sunlight sets Gm But no matter how ferocious C That the gunfight gets F The promised land i hear is merely Dm One ride west Gm I haven't had the time to take C But when the blood dries, let's Verse 4: F Dm If you did not believe in all these Gm C Silly little things you do F Dm You might not feel that melancholy Gm C When they turn out to not be true F Dm But who's to say what's true and what isn't Gm C He said she said that it's not you Fm Dm Me oh my good god good riddance Gm* What a nice neat bloodless coupe Verse 5: F Dm Youv'e been praying with dirty fingers Gm C It's a wonder you can pray at all F Dm 'Til nighttime comes cool 'cross the vineyard Gm C And it's a wonder I should think so small F Dm But there she goes my moonlight daugthter Gm C Baskin, brushing up against the rose F Dm Sometimes she sings tunes I taught her Gm* Most times she don't use words at all Outro: F Dm You get what you get and you don't throw a fit Gm C Take what you make and don't tell no one shit (x4)
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