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