Chords with lyrics
Chords:
Bbsus2add#11
E MajorE|--0--|
BB|--5--|
G+G|--5--|
D MajorD|--8--|
A augmentedA|--8--|
E MajorE|--6--|
Intro:
EbmEbm DmDm F minorFm
Verse 1:
Bbsus2add#11
The ferryman
Bb majorBb
Who takes me to my rest
Bbsus2add#11
Don’t give a damn
C majorC
Who’s cursed or blessed
DmDm
Anyway I give him all my cash
Bb majorBb
I'm Like some tragic hero
Bbsus2add#11
A augmentedA lightning flash
C majorC
Followed by a million zeros
Chorus:
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
I Spent the last ten years yeah yeah
G minorGm Gsus2Gsus2 C majorC
Trying to waste half an hour
Verse 2:
Bbsus2add#11
Every drunk is that VIP
Bb majorBb
Who only lives inside a rope
Bbsus2add#11
Where they show you all the love
C majorC
Make mine a bourbon and coke
DmDm
I’m not lying, Mr Ferryman
Bb majorBb
I always make it home
Bbsus2add#11
Though my house is built on sand
C majorC
it aint worth the loan
Chorus:
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Spent the last ten years yeh yeah
G minorGm Gsus2Gsus2 C majorC
Trying to waste half an hour
Verse 3:
Bbsus2add#11
So I had that real good time
Bb majorBb
And then in the dawn
Bbsus2add#11 C majorC
I saw the bartender’s love I saw it in a yawn
DmDm
Mr Ferryman
Bb majorBb
Do you party where you’re from
Bbsus2add#11
Do you know where to go
C majorC
When the partys all done
Instrumental:
EbmEbm DmDm F minorFm
Verse 4:
Bbsus2add#11
I never been to hell
Bb majorBb
But they sure got my number
Bbsus2add#11
I feel them squirm inside my shell
C majorC
praying for slumber
DmDm
It must suck, Mr Ferryman
Bb majorBb
To hear the vanities talk
Bbsus2add#11
About the lies they need
C majorC
Just to walk the walk
Chorus:
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Spent the last ten years yeh yeah
G minorGm Gsus2Gsus2 C majorC
Trying to waste half an hour
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Spent the last ten years yeh yeah
G minorGm Gsus2Gsus2 C majorC
Trying to waste half an hour
Outro: