Pelican Bay chords by Jenny Lewis

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
A minorAm       E minorEm
Take me away, take me away
       DmDm
They're gonna take me away
      G+G
To Pelican Bay
A minorAm       E minorEm
Pelican Bay, Pelican Bay
      DmDm      G+G   A minorAm
They gonna take me to Pelican Bay
      A minorAm          DmDm   G+G
They don't have no fishin' in the Pelican Bay
A minorAm         DmDm  G+G
Room and board and free weights
A minorAm      E minorEm
Pelican Bay, Pelican Bay
      DmDm      G+G   A minorAm
They gonna take me to Pelican Bay

Verse 2:
A minorAm
An eye for an eye
E minorEm
A augmentedA man for a man
A minorAm                DmDm   G+G
You kill one of mine, I'm takin' three of them
A minorAm         E minorEm
Strawberry wine is thicker than blood
     DmDm      G+G   A minorAm
When your kickin' back in the cut
      A minorAm             DmDm   G+G
And if the pig don't get you then the Charlie will
    A minorAm             DmDm  G+G
If the life don't reach you then Satan will
A minorAm      E minorEm
Pelican Bay, Pelican Bay
      DmDm      G+G   A minorAm
They gonna take me to Pelican Bay


Instrumental:
A minorAm E minorEm DmDm G+G
(whispers)
A minorAm E minorEm DmDm G+G

Verse 3:
      A minorAm          DmDm   G+G
They don't have no fishin' in the Pelican Bay
A minorAm           DmDm   G+G
Sure is dull when you count the days
A minorAm      E minorEm
Pelican Bay, Pelican Bay
      DmDm      G+G   A minorAm
They gonna take me to Pelican Bay


Bridge:
DmDm         G+G      A minorAm
Even the Lord will forget about us
DmDm         G+G      A minorAm
Even the Lord will forget about us
DmDm         G+G      DmDm
Even the Lord will forget about us


Outro:
DmDm     G+G    A minorAm
Down on the Pelican Bay
      DmDm    G+G    A minorAm
They gonna take me to Pelican Bay
DmDm    G+G    A minorAm
Take me to Pelican Bay
      DmDm    G+G    A minorAm
They gonna take me to Pelican Bay