Chords with lyrics
CHORDS:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2 F#sus4F#sus4
e|-0-----7-------14--|
b|-7-----10------14--|
g|-6-----9-------11--|
d|-4-----7-------11--|
a|-------------------|
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🎸 Verse 1:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
What'd I miss, a life to save?
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
To my memories, I have been a slave
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Can't sleep for the radio
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Red Christmas lights from Mexico
🎸 Chorus:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Oh, to drink that dirty water
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Oh, to sleep in burning sand
F#F# Asus2Asus2
Oh, to just protect my children
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7 A augmentedA F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Death drums beat along the river
🎸 Verse 2:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Dear Lord, do you come to take me?
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Spare me over 'til New Year's morning
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
One last night and I'll be ready
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
But now I'm shaking so unsteady
🎸 Chorus:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
I would ride a camel
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
I will hitch a ride
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Three men walk up to a manger
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
And hear a baby start to cry
🎸 Verse 3:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
What did I have? A augmentedA razor blade
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
To a life of crime, I was a slave
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
That infernal constant static
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Turned from layman to fanatic
🎸 Chorus:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Oh, to bathe in dirty water
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Oh, to find some shade to sleep
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Oh, to reach that foreign country
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Death drums beat along the river
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2 F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Death drums beat along the river
🎸 Interlude:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2 F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
🎸 Verse 4:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Lord, I feel you here to take me
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
You are here to take me home
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Can you spare some ayahuasca
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
I won't want to go alone
🎸 Chorus:
F#7F#7 AsusAsus
I swear I'll come over
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
I'll not miss my final ride
F#7F#7 AsusAsus
I'll stash myself in transportation
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
I will not miss my day to die
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2 F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
I will not miss my day to die
🎸 Interlude:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2 F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
🎸 Verse 6:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
What did I see? A augmentedA life to save
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
To my memories I had been a slave
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Can't sleep for the radio
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
And Christmas lights from Mexico
🎸 Chorus:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Oh, to wear a clean suit
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Oh, to say that I am sorry
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
Oh, to step upon the gallows
F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Death drums beat along the river
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2 F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Death drums beat along the river
F#7F#7
Death drums beat along the river
Asus2Asus2 F#sus4F#sus4 F#7F#7
Death drums beat along the river
🎸 Outro:
F#7F#7 Asus2Asus2
What did I hear? A augmentedA life to save