Chords with lyrics
Intro:
A#m A#m A#m A#m x2
Verse 1:
A#m
Virginia was a "lot lizard" from F.L.A
A#m F
She had a compound fracture in the trunk
A#m
It started when she ran away
D#m F#
Thumbs out on the interstate
F A#m
She hitched a ride to misery
Verse 2:
A#m
Mr. Whirly had a catastrophic incident
A#m F
He fell into the city by the bay
A#m
He liquidated his estate
D#m F#
Now he sleeps upon the Haight
F A#m
Panhandling misery
Chorus 1:
F
He's gonna get high high high
A#m
When he's low low low
F A#m
The fire burns from better days
F
And she screams Why oh why?
A#m
I said, I don't know
D#m F#
The catastrophic hymns
F A#m A#m
from yesterday Of misery
Verse 3:
A#m
That Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam
A#m F
He ran the drug cartel in Tinseltown
A#m
They found him in a Cadillac
D#m F#
Bludgeoned with a baseball
F A#m
bat in the name Of misery
Verse 4:
A#m
That Gina hit the road to New York City
A#m F
Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked
A#m
She stopped in Vegas to elope
D#m F#
With Virginia and the dope
F A#m
And kissed the bride eternally
Chorus 2:
F
He's gonna get high high high
A#m
When he's low low low
F A#m
The fire burns from better days
F
And she screams Why oh why?
A#m
I said, I don't know
D#m F#
The catastrophic hymns
F A#m A#m
from yesterday Of misery
Bridge:
D#m
Well Hell hounds on your
F A#m
trail now once again boy
D#m
It's groping on your
F A#m
leg until it sleeps
D#m F
The emptiness will fill
A#m
your soul with sorrow
F#
Because it's not what
F A#m A#m
you make it's what you leave
Folk Instrument Solo:
A#m A#m F A#m D#m F# F A#m x2
Chorus 3:
F
He's gonna get high high high
A#m
When he's low low low
F A#m
The fire burns from better days
F
And she screams Why oh why?
A#m
I said, I don't know
D#m F#
The catastrophic hymns
F A#m A#m A#m
from yesterday Of misery