Chords with lyrics
[Intro]
BB E MajorE x2
[Verse 1]
BB
See the old man on the bridge
E MajorE
He's hauling up a sagging net
BB E MajorE
It's full of eels twisting through
The eye sockets of a horse's head
BB E MajorE
And this fiend has no family
BB E MajorE
So he will outlive you and me
C# minorC#m F#F# E MajorE (rest for a beat before strumming the E MajorE)
[Verse 2]
BB E MajorE
In the hospital you talked about
Thumbing down that truck ride for the first time
BB
And the false friend kept his back turned!
E MajorE
That's when you learned the fierceness of man
Again, again, again!
BB E MajorE
How long it took to reach the Sister Cities
BB
And then somehow make it back
E MajorE
Just to tell me, "Yeah, I guess I'm still pretty mad."
[Hook]
C# minorC#m
Every other day, the same
F#F# E MajorE
Long road to the old man down the street
C# minorC#m
Neither one of you knows
F#F# E MajorE
What the flowers in your hand are supposed to mean
C# minorC#m F#F#
Red flowers against your, red flowers against your
E MajorE
Painted shut window
[Verse 3]
BB
Help! My uncle's gone insane!
E MajorE
In his room he sits shaking a geranium!
BB
Outside, the old dog resigned
E MajorE
Leaves heavy tracks for the father dragging the rifle to find
[Hook]
C# minorC#m
Every other day, the same
F#F# E MajorE
Long road to the old man down the street
C# minorC#m F#F#
Do you think someday, through all the flowers
E MajorE
Your eyes finally will meet?
Where he'll tell you
C# minorC#m F#F#
"Honey, you know I had to shoot that dog you loved so much
E MajorE
You know I had to do it
C# minorC#m F#F#
"Aw, honey you know I had to shoot that dog you loved so much
E MajorE
You know I had to do it."
C# minorC#m F#F#
"Oh yeah, I know you had to shoot that dog I loved so much!
E MajorE
I know you had to do it!"
(rest for around three or four bars)