Chickahominy chords by The Weeks

Intro:
E D x2

Verse:
E
We took knife-hits in the kitchen they dealt drugs out by the stairs and there were
D
empty rooms the devil looms and tries to keep you there
E
Talked hours about nothin in the corner by himself with the
D
rifle and a bible screamin, "Nobody helps" Tell me

Bridge:
E          D
why, chicka-hominy

E D

Verse:
E
I saw crosses on the road side, just as far as I can see and they were
D
crooked hanging carpenters pumpin electricity
E
No one stopped to take em down, they all let him do his job cause he kept
D
lights on in the houses and brought sinners back to God Tell me

Chorus:
G#m            A                        C#m                         D
why should I believe you when I've been makin it along this road just fine? Tell me
G#m            A                     C#m                            D
why should I believe you when all I see along these roads are powerlines?

Bridge:
E D x2

Verse:
E
Starin at the sunlight won't bring him back to life Send a
D
letter to his mother, he had children and a wife
E
But to hordes of rats and roaches and the homes that held us all he'll
D
remember us tomorrow from the hymns that haunt these halls.Tell me

Bridge:
E          D
why, chicka-hominy

E D

Verse:
E
He's a liar in the morning with a firey forked tongue he'd
D
mistaken truth for virtue and then blamed it on his son I was
E
held up on the highway by a crooked farmer's wife who learned
D
to shoot from her husband and then started her own life Tell me

Chorus:
G#m            A                        C#m                         D
why should I believe you when I've been makin it along this road just fine? Tell me
G#m            A                     C#m                            D
why should I believe you when all I see along these roads are powerlines?

G#m            A     C#m    D
Tell me why                  oooh
G#m            A     C#m    D
Tell me why

Outro:
       D
Chickahominy

E  D