Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
F#F# E MajorE F#F# B minorBm
Rotary Park is safe after dark
E MajorE
Neighbors off porches
F#F# B minorBm
The playground is stark
G+G A augmentedA F#F#
Wine stain'd a vacant old basketball court
G+G A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Dwellings surround a municipal fort
E MajorE F#F# B minorBm
Don’t mind the stories of triumphs and glories
E MajorE F# minorF#m
Rotary Park is the jam after dark
Chorus:
C majorC
Be
A augmentedA D MajorD
Leave and decide
B minorBm G+G
Stay and be blind
A augmentedA F#F# E MajorE
Easy to claim when you’ve places to find
A augmentedA D MajorD
We nearly died
B minorBm G+G
Be that inside
A augmentedA E MajorE Bb majorBb
grinding the gears of all tides
Verse:
E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
Rotary Park is at peace after dark
E MajorE
Chief Pontiac
D MajorD B minorBm
stamped his name on the mark
Chorus:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Mystery buried in flat dominos
(Be, leave and decide, stay and be blind)
G+G A augmentedA F#F# B minorBm
Twilight attuned to a creeping repose
(Easy to claim when you’ve places to find)
Verse:
G+G
Don’t mind the lion
A augmentedA G+G
hid dreaming of Zion
B minorBm D MajorD C majorC
Rotary Park is ablaze after dark
F minorFm G+G C majorC
Rotary Park is swell after dark
F minorFm
coveting woes
C majorC
in bureaucracy throes
Chorus:
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C majorC
Trials by pairings with blood on the psyche
(Be, leave and decide, stay and be blind)
AbAb Bb majorBb G+G A augmentedA
Victory airings not sponsored by Nike®
(Easy to claim when you’ve places to find)
AbAb G+G Eb MajorEb
Purple potato-faced comrade ascends
(We nearly died, be that inside)
Bb majorBb F minorFm B minorBm
Vultures encircle abandoned amends
(Grinding the gears of all tides)
Verse:
C majorC
This morning I woke
F minorFm C majorC
from a nightmare and fell out of bed
C majorC
and Lo!
F#F# C majorC F minorFm E MajorE C majorC
The ghost of a man ages thought to be dead
F minorFm C majorC F minorFm Bb majorBb C majorC
A augmentedA smile and a ribbon he wore with a dutiful pose
C majorC
A augmentedA wink
C majorC F minorFm
A augmentedA prick from the thorn of that beautiful rose
A augmentedA F#F#
Rotary Park is aghast before dusk
G+G A augmentedA
don’t mind the four savage
B minorBm E MajorE
young horsemen of musk