Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
D MajorD B minorBm
We sat on the Bulb rocks
A augmentedA G+G
With plum wine and we watched
D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
The fog roll and swallow the bridge on the bay
D MajorD B minorBm
I thought, “I could live here,”
A augmentedA G+G
But I’m still in high gear
D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
And sweating and freezing 3,000 away
Chorus 1:
D MajorD B minorBm
O Pennsyltucky!
A augmentedA D MajorD
Your three mile islands
G+G D MajorD E7E7 A augmentedA
The coal fires buckle the miners’ highways
D MajorD B minorBm
I love just to leave you
A augmentedA G+G
But it’s good to see you
G+G D MajorD
And old Filthadelph
A augmentedA D MajorD
Hostile City, PA
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse 2:
D MajorD B minorBm
Where we all come from
A augmentedA G+G
Most died of the Black Lung
D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
Another, a browbeater, boxer, and saint
D MajorD B minorBm
When he finally got caught,
A augmentedA G+G
The cops made a few calls
D MajorD B minorBm
They opened his cell
A augmentedA G+G
Never fought him again
Chorus 2:
D MajorD B minorBm
O Pennsyltucky!
A augmentedA D MajorD
Your three mile islands
G+G D MajorD E7E7 A augmentedA
The coal fires buckle the miners’ highways
D MajorD B minorBm
I love just to leave you
A augmentedA G+G
But it’s good to see you
G+G D MajorD
And old Filthadelph
A augmentedA D MajorD
Hostile City, PA
G+G D MajorD
And old Filthadelph
A augmentedA D MajorD
Hostile City, PA
(I can't get this part right for the life of me i know it ends in "A")
A augmentedA
Wake me when Steel City’s roadwork signs Shine in my face
N.C.
Whew, now I’m safe
(i believe the solo is played over the chorus)
Verse 3:
D MajorD B minorBm
Was that a peepshow
A augmentedA G+G
With drive-thru windows?
D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
The gun show’s got carousels and funnel cakes
D MajorD B minorBm
It says “Church” in neon
A augmentedA G+G
And asks me what’s beyond
D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
If I had to guess, I’d say more of the same
Chorus 3:
D MajorD B minorBm
O Pennsyltucky!
A augmentedA D MajorD
Your three mile islands
G+G D MajorD E7E7 A augmentedA
The coal fires buckle the miners’ highways
D MajorD B minorBm
I love just to leave you
A augmentedA G+G
But it’s good to see you
G+G D MajorD
And old Filthadelph
A augmentedA D MajorD
Hostile City, PA
G+G D MajorD
And old Filthadelph
A augmentedA D MajorD