The 33rd Of August chords by Mickey Newbury

Chords with lyrics

The 33rd of August

D MajorD
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
              G+G
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
   FF    Bb majorBb        A augmentedA     D MajorD
Dorororororo rorororo Do doro do ro ro roro rorororo

D MajorD                 G+G
Lord, today there is no salvation, the band packed up and gone
A augmentedA                  D MajorD
Left me standing with my penny in my hand
                       G+G
There’s a big crowd at the station where the blind man sings his songs
A augmentedA                  D MajorD
But he can see what they can’t, understand.

Chorus:
     G+G                        D MajorD
It’s the thirty-third of August and I’m finally touching down
G+G        E minorEm       A augmentedA    D MajorD
Eight days from Sunday finds me Saturday bound

Once I stumbled through the darkness, tumbled to my knees
A augmentedA thousand voices screaming in my brain
Woke up in a squad car busted down for vagrancy
Outside my cell as sure as hell it looked like rain

But now I’ve put my dangerous feelings under lock and chain
Yes, I killed my violent nature with a smile
Though the demons danced and sung their songs within my fevered brain
Not all my God-like thoughts Lord were defiled

Chorus + Intro