Beer On The Bedstand chords by The Hold Steady

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

C

C
There’s a Mexican beer on the bedstand
C           G
He drinks slowly in the dark
G7                        G
There’s a girl coming down from the Southside
G                      C
He’s gonna meet her up in Painter Park
F
She usually keeps her distance
FC             F
He’s too rough when he’s all the way up
C           G    F    C
But no one’s holding anything and she saw him on the bus

C

C
He bought back all the jewelry
C           G
He’s still not with the girl
G7                G
She panhandles up on Hennepin Ave
G             C
In front of the Suburban World
F
St. Theresa, reveal yourself
C               F
I know that you’re listening in
C      G         F     C
You told me what to do before, now I need your help again

C

C
He’s flippin’ cards in a basement bar
C                   G
He’s got somethin’ sweet in his socks
G7
The law’s long arm don’t work down there
G7           C
And they covered up the clocks
       F
Mother Mary, please have mercy,
C      F
I’m tryin’ to figure somethin’ out
       C      G               F                 C
Cause I’m strung out in Minneapolis and they’re expecting me down South
       F
Mother Mary, please forgive me
  F         C      F
I wish with all my heart
     C                G      F               C
That Memphis and Minneapolis weren’t so far apart
       C                G      F               C
I wish Memphis and Minneapolis weren’t so far apart