The Bloody Dotted Line chords by The Stanfields

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A minorAm


Verse:
 A minorAm              G+G        A minorAm
I used to dream in color and I wished away the days
 A minorAm                 G+G
Waiting on the slightest chance that I would get to play
  A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
A augmentedA gilded harp, a silver horn with a bonny tune to sing
 A minorAm              G+G         A minorAm
A augmentedA place inside a golden hall to prance around the king

Chorus:
   G+G            A minorAm
When I was young I wished to be
C majorC          FF
Up to my neck in a fantasy
     C majorC      DmDm      A minorAm
Why did I sign on that bloody dotted line?
G+G           E minorEm  A minorAm
Let the devils hold it over me


Interlude:
A minorAm   G+G   A minorAm

A minorAm   G+G E minorEm A minorAm


Verse:
A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
Is it a crime to live when you cannot afford the means?
A minorAm                  G+G
Is it a crime to walk the earth like ravenous machines?
  A minorAm              G+G        A minorAm
Is there a way to bridge a gap across a great divide?
  A minorAm               G+G        A minorAm
Is it a secret thrill to know the gods are on your side?


Chorus:
   G+G            A minorAm
When I was young I wished to be
C majorC          FF
A augmentedA landed man with a back forty
     C majorC      DmDm       A minorAm
Why did I sign on that bloody dotted line?
G+G           E minorEm  A minorAm
Let the devils hold it over me

Interlude:
A minorAm   G+G   A minorAm

A minorAm   G+G E minorEm A minorAm


A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC  DmDm C majorC G+G A minorAm

A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC  DmDm C majorC G+G A minorAm

DmDm C majorC G+G  C majorC FF C majorC G+G

DmDm C majorC G+G  C majorC FF C majorC G+G A minorAm


Bridge:
E minorEm  D MajorD  G+G  C majorC

A minorAm  E minorEm  D MajorD  D MajorD

E minorEm            D MajorD     G+G          C majorC
The smoke still clouds my wits. The stink still fills my pores
     A minorAm             E minorEm       D MajorD       D MajorD
From the night they kicked down the door, down the door, down the door
E minorEm            D MajorD     G+G           C majorC
The blood still stains my lips. The grief still chafes my soul
  A minorAm             E minorEm         D MajorD         D MajorD
My pride was raked through the coals, through the coals, through the coals
E minorEm      D MajorD      G+G        C majorC
Yonder prison walls, they own my flesh and bones
    A minorAm         E minorEm      D MajorD      D MajorD
But my thoughts are mine alone, mine alone, mine alone


Outro:
G+G G/F# E minorEm G/F# G+G  C majorC  A minorAm  E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD       A minorAm Am B7B7

G+G G/F# E minorEm G/F# G+G  C majorC  A minorAm  E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD       A minorAm Am A minorAm


DmDm C majorC G+G  C majorC FF C majorC G+G

DmDm C majorC G+G  C majorC FF C majorC G+G A minorAm

A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm

A minorAm G+G E minorEm A minorAm