Sister Cities chords by Hop Along

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)