What is this land of America, so many travel there
I'm going now while I'm still young, my darling meet me there
Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can
And we'll make our home in the American land
Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees
And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees
Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands
If you make your home in the American land
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
Who will make his home in the American land
I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire
I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire
We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands
And I made my home in the American land
There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
Who will make his home in the American land
The McNicholas, the Posalskis, the Smiths, Zerillis too
The Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the Jews
The Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians, Arabs miles from home
Come across the water with a fire down below
They died building the railroads, worked to bones and skin
They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind
They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dying now
The hands that built the country were always trying to keep down
There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
Who will make his home in the American land
Who will make his home in the American land
Who will make his home in the American land
American Skin (41 Shots)
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F#m
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41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots
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F#m
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41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots
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F#m
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F#m
41 shots... and we'll take that ride
E
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'Cross this bloody river to the other side
A
F#m
41 shots... cut through the night
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You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule, praying for his life
A
Is it a gun? Is it a knife?
D
A
Is it a wallet? This is your life?
D
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It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
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It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
D
F#m
No secret my friend
D
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You can get killed just for living in
A
Your American skin
41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots
41 shots and Lena gets her son ready for school
She says "on these streets, Charles, you've got to understand the rules
If an officer stops you, promise me you'll always be polite
That you'll never ever run away, promise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight"
Is it a gun? Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet? This is your life?
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
Your American skin
41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots
A
F#m
E
D
41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots, 41 shots
Is it a gun? Is it a knife?
Is it in your heart? Is it in your eyes?
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
41 shots, and we'll take that ride
Cross this bloody river to the other side
41 shots, and my boots caked in this mud
We're baptized in these waters, and in each other's blood
Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
Your American Skin
Your scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men
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Well baby don't put my picture in there with them
A
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Bm
Don't make us some little girl's dream that can't ever come true
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It only serves to hurt and make you cry like you do
D
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F#m
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Well baby don't do it to me and I won't do..... it to you
You see all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home
But when the action fades you're left all alone
You deserve better than this, little girl, can't you see that you do
Do you need somebody to prove it to you?
Well you prove it to me and I'll prove it to you
F#m
A
Now every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction
F#m
But in the morning you end up settling for
D
E
Just lights, lights, lights, lights, camera, action
And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending
You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending
Well girl you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold
Cryin' alone in the theater as the credits roll
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Bm
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You say I'll be like those other guys who filled your head with pretty lies
F#m
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And dreams that can never come true
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F#m
Bm
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Esus4
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Well baby you be true to me and I'll be true......... to you
Because The Night
1978
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Bm
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Bm
Bm
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Bm
Take me now, baby, here as I am
G
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Bm
Pull me close try and understand
G
A
Bm
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe
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A
Bm
Love is a banquet on which we feed
G
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Come on now, try and understand
Bm
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A
The way I feel when I'm in your hand
D
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Take my hand; come under cover
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Bm
F#
They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now
Bm
G
A
Bm
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Bm
G
A
Bm
Have I doubt when I'm alone?
G
A
Bm
Love is a ring on the telephone
G
A
Bm
Love is an angel disguised as lust
G
A
Bm
Here in our bed until the morning comes
G
A
D
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Come on now, try and understand
Bm
G
A
The way I feel under your command
D
G
A
Take my hand as the sun descends
C
Bm
F#
They can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now
Bm
G
A
Bm
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
D
A
D
A
Bm
A
With love we sleep, with doubt the vicious circle turn and turns
D
A
Bm
A
D
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Without you I cannot live, forgive the yearning, burning
G
D
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D
I believe in time, too real to feel
Bm
D
G
F#
So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now
Bm
G
A
Bm
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lovers
Bishop Danced
1973
G
Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman
C
Did a double-quick back flip and slid across the floor
G
The Catholic traffic flowed freely 'cross the river
D
C
And fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door
G
Oh baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree
C
G
If the bow breaks, mama might fall
C
Little sad and only baby don't be lonely
G
D
Em
Oh mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall
G
D
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G
Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall
C
G
And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make 'em fat, early in the morning"
C
G
Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call
C
G
Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing Dinah on their horn
D
C
G
D
There's someone in the kitchen blowing Dinah like they're born
G
Well maverick daddy got a one-eyed bride
C
She glides like a monkey-mule kicking on the back slide
G
Over hill, over hill, daddy don't you spill now
C
G
Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill
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D
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Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill
C
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And Billy he's crying "Tomahawk, tomahawk, daddy better duck now"
C
G
The Mohawks, the Mohawks, they're still out there in the woods
C
G
Monatuk, Ocanuk, runnin' through my dreams now
With fire on their fingertips and Indian screams
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With fire on their fingertips and feathers made of moonbeams
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Well early in the morning the cannoneer cried
"I seen the sailor's warning in the western sky"
C
G
Well mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir tree
C
D
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G
Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me
C
And my darling cried, she said "Honey
G
The weather vane lately it's been pointing the way to heaven"
C
G
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Scatterbrains, scatterbrains, watch out where you fall
G
Champagne, champagne, a round for all the old choir boys
They're busting off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall
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They're busting off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall
C
G
And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make 'em fat, early in the morning"
C
G
Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call
C
G
Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing Dinah on their horn
D
C
G
There's someone in the kitchen blowing Dinah like they're born
Blood Brothers
D
Dsus4
D
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
We played king of the mountain out on the end
Bm
A
D
Dsus4
The world come charging up the hill, and we were women and men
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away
Bm
A
D
Dsus4
We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take
G
D
Dsus4
We stood side by side each one fighting for the other
Bm
A
D
Dsus4
We said until we died wed always be blood brothers
Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away
Making a fools joke out of the promises we make
And what once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray
We lose ourselves in work to, work to do and bills to pay
G
D
Dsus4
And its a ride, ride, ride, and there ain't much cover
Bm
A
D
Dsus4
With no running by your side my blood brother
D
Dsus4
D
Bm
A
D
Dsus4
x2
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D
Dsus4
On through the houses of the dead past those fallen in their tracks
G
A
Asus4
A
Always moving ahead and never looking back
Now I don't know how I feel, I don't know how I feel tonight
If I've fallen beneath the wheel, if I've lost or I've gained sight
I don't even know why, I don't know why I made this call
Or if any of this matters, anymore after all
G
D
Dsus4
But the stars are burning bright like some mystery uncovered
Bm
A
D
Dsus4
I'll keep moving through the dark with you in my heart my blood brother
D
Dsus4
D
Bm
A
D
Dsus4
x2
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D
Dsus4
Bm
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Dsus4
The Fever
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Am7
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When I get home from my job I turn on my TV
Am7
Em
But I can't keep my mind on the show
Bm
C
When I lay down at night, oh I can't get no sleep
Am7
Bm
So I turn on my radio
Am7
Bm
Em7
But the only sound I hear is you whisperin' in my ear
Am7
Em7
The words that you used to say
Am7
Em7
Now my days grow longer, 'cause my love grows stronger
C
Bm
And the fever gets worse every day
Em7
And I've got the fever for this girl
Bm
He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever
Am7
Em
Nothing that a poor boy can do
When he's got the fever for this girl
Bm
He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever
Am7
Bm
Em
Left this little boy blue
C
G
Well I can remember comin' home, I see you standin' at the stove
C
G
With the dishes on the table, dinner ready to go
Bm
C
We'll maybe go out to a movie show
Am7
Bm
Something that you like to see
Am7
Em
Well, now, you are my sun in the morning and my moon at night
Am7
Em
When I think about you, it makes me feel all right
Am7
Em
Well now my days grow longer, the love just grows stronger
C
Bm
And the fever gets so bad at night
I've got the fever for this girl
He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever
Nothing that a poor boy can do
When he's got the fever for this girl
He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever
Left this little boy blue
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Ooh he's gonna be all right
Em
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Am7
Em
Ooh he's gonna be all right
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Bm
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Bm
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Am7
Em
I can remember comin' home turning on my TV
Am7
Em
But I can't keep my mind on the show
Bm
C
When I lay down at night, oh I can't get no sleep
Am7
Bm
So I turn on the radio
Am7
Bm
Em
But still the only thing I hear is you whisperin' in my ear
Am7
Em
The words that you used to say
Am7
And now the days grow longer
Em
And the love grows stronger
C
Bm
Em
And the fever gets bad every day
I've got the fever for this girl
Got the fever, oh he's got the fever
Nothing that a poor boy can do
When he's got the fever for this girl
Got the fever, oh he's got the fever
Left this little boy blue
Got the fever, oh he's got the fever
Nothing that a poor boy can do
When he's got the fever for this girl
Got the fever, oh he's got the fever
Left this little boy blue
Em
Bm
Am7
Em
Ooh he's gonna be all right
Fire
G
I'm drivin' in my car, I turn on the radio
Am
G
I'm pullin' you close, you just say no
Am
G
You say you don't like it, but girl I know you're a liar
C
D
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'Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire
Well, late at night, I'm takin' you home
I say I wanna stay, you say you wanna be alone
You say you don't love me, you can't hide your desire
And when we kiss, oh-oh... fire... fire
C
G
You got a hold on me right from the start
D
G
It's a grip so tight I cannot tear it apart
C
G
My nerves all jumpin', actin' like a fool
A
D
Your kisses they burn but your heart stays cool
Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah
You can bet, their love they didn't deny
Your words say split but your words they lie
Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire... fire
Instrumental verse x2
You got a hold on me right from the start
It's a grip so tight I cannot tear it apart
My nerves all jumpin', actin' like a fool
Your kisses they burn but your heart stays cool
Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah
You can bet, their love they didn't deny
Your words say split but your words they lie
Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire... fire
Hearts Of Stone
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F
Am
You stare in the mirror at the lines in your face
Bb
C
And you try to see, girl
F
Am
The way things were when we were at your place
Bb
C
In the days it was just you and me, girl
Dm
Am
And you cry because things ain't like before
Dm
Bb
Well, don't you know they can't be that way anymore
C
But don't worry, baby
F
Bb
F
But I can't talk now, I'm not alone
Bb
C
F
So put your ear close to the phone
Bb
'Cause this is the last dance
C
F
This is the last chance for hearts of stone
C
Mmm...
If there was something baby, that I could do
Something that would last, honey I would
But we all know, girl, especially you do
How you can't return to your past, no
So girl, close your eyes and I'll be there
Hold me once more and we can go anywhere
Ah, we could, babe
But I can't talk now, I'm not alone
Just put your ear close to the phone
This is the last dance
The last chance for hearts of stone
Whoa, alright, big man!
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Dm
Am
And you cry because things ain't like before
Dm
Bb
Well, don't you know they can't be that way anymore
C
But don't worry baby, well I know it, baby
But I can't talk now, I'm not alone
So put your ear close to the phone
Baby, this is the last chance
The last dance for hearts of stone
This is the last dance
The last chance for hearts of stone
Held up without a gun
Some damn fool with a guitar walking down the street
Ain't got nowhere to go, ain't got nothing to eat
Man with a cigar says, "Sign here, son"
Held up without a gun
Held up without a gun
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Now it's a sin and it oughta be a crime
You know it happens buddy all the time
Try to make a living, try to have a little fun
Held up without a gun
Held up without a gun
Held up without a gun
Johnny Bye-Bye
1983
E
E
A
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She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust
E
B
E
And put her little boy on a Greyhound bus
E
A
E
Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand
B
E
On a one-way ticket to the promised land
Hey little girl with the red dress on
There's party tonight down in Memphis town
I'll be going down there if you need a ride
The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died
Instrumental verse
We drove down into Memphis, the sky was hard and black
Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac
They'd drawn out all his money and they laid him in the back
A woman cried from the roadside "Ah he's gone, he's gone"
They found him slumped up against the drain
With a whole lot of trouble running through his veins
Bye-bye Johnny, Johnny bye-bye
You didn't have to die, you didn't have to die
Well, the doctor comes round here with face all bright
Bb
F
And he says, "In a little while you'll be all right"
Bb
All he gives is a humbug pill
Eb
Cm
A do-si-do and a great big bill
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
Me and my old school pals had some mighty high times down here
And what happened to you poor black folks, well it just ain't fair
He took a look around, gave a little pep talk
Said, "I'm with you", then he took a little walk
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
There's bodies floating on canals and the levee's gone to hell
Martha, get me my sixteen gauge and some dry shells
Them who's got, got out of town
And them who ain't, got left to drown
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
Slide solo over verse chords
Got family scattered from Texas all the way to Baltimore
Yeah, and I ain't got no home in this world no more
Gonna be a judgement, that's a fact
A righteous train rolling down this track
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
I'll Stand By You
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bb
Fm
You meet me in the night
Bb
With tears falling down
Fm
Come let me dry them for you
Bb
Fm
I wish I could tell a story
Bb
Fm
Chase away all those ghosts you got inside of you
Gm
Eb
Bb
A story of heroes who fight on at any cost
Fm
Gm
Of a kingdom of love to be won or lost
Eb
Bb
We'll fight here together till victory is won
Fm
Bb
Come take my hand till morning comes
F
Just close your eyes
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
Bb
Fm
I know that here in the dark
Bb
Eb
Tomorrow can seem so very far away
Bb
Fm
Here the ghosts and the goblins
Bb
Eb
Can rise from your dreams to steal your heart away
Gm
Eb
Bb
Together we'll chase those thieves that won't leave you alone
Fm
Gm
Out from under the bed, out from over our home
Eb
Bb
And when the light comes we'll laugh, my love
Fm
Bb
At the things that the night had us so frightened of
F
And until then
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
Fm
Bb
Eb
I'll stand by you always
Fm
Eb
Ab
I'll stand by you always
Gm
Eb
Bb
Now I know it can feel like you're slipping away
Fm
Gm
At night you'll get lost in that deep dark place
Eb
Bb
We'll let the night come and do what it may
Fm
Bb
Together we'll find the courage, we'll find faith
F
Until you awake
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
Fm
Bb
Eb
I'll stand by you always
Fm
Eb
Ab
I'll stand by you always
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
Well, I've been out of the woods for six days and nights, now
Well, I'm a little hot wired but I'm feeling alright
I got some money in my pocket and a long, lean ride, yeah
I got to make it down to Galveston by Saturday night, now
A
Well, I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK
B
Got a little lost along the way
E
D
A
E
D
A
I'm just around the corner to the light of day
E
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E
D
A
I'm just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah
I got rock and roll music on the radio
I got a brother on a rig just off the Gulf Coast
He says the girls down there, well, they're really the most, man
Well, I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK
I got a little lost along the way
Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
I'm driving 100 miles, 200 miles, 300 miles
Train kept on a-rollin'
Going 400 miles, 500 miles, 600 miles
Train kept on a-rollin'
Going 700 miles, 800 miles, 900 miles
1,000 miles, 2,000 miles, 3,000 miles
I came a long, long way tonight
All the way to Hollywood, California
Via Sweden, via Paris, via Italia, via France
Via via London, England
Via the great state of New Jersey
And halfway across the United States
I wanna thank y'all for invitin' me into your living room tonight
I know there's millions of ya out there
I know you're downhearted
I know you're disenchanted
I know you're disillusioned
I know there's 57 channels and nothing on
Just one thing I wanna know tonight
There's just one thing I wanna know
But first I want you to get up off your couch
I want you to put the popcorn down
I want you to come on over to the TV set
I want you to turn it up real loud
I want you to take off all your clothes now
And what I want to know is anybody alive out there?
Well, I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo
Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know
I hope he wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter
Things can't get any worse, they gotta get better
I'm a little down under, feeling OK
Got a little lost along the way
Just around the corner to the light of day
Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
Just around the corner to the light of day, yeah
Linda Let Me Be The One
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Her midnight boys are outside, scraping tears up off the street
Em
Am
D
G
Standing guard beneath the window, where only Linda sleeps
Em
C
D
G
The leader is a kid named Eddy, walkin' like an angel in defeat
Em
Am
D
He trashes her old man's car, slashes Linda's name in the seat, and calls out
G
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
G
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
G
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D
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In an old room full of contenders, Eddy spars
Em
Am
D
G
'Til he drops to his bed in surrender, draped in the scarves
Em
C
D
G
He stole from Linda's bedroom, the night he laid at her feet
Em
Am
D
When the midnight boys was stranded, down on Cason street
G
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
G
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
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In the basement of St. Mary's, Eddy hides from the rain
Em
Am
D
G
In with the stolen sisters, 'til the streets are dry again
Em
C
D
G
Talkin' fast cars and spare parts, empty homes and broken hearts
Em
Am
D
Distant worlds with strange girls and kneeling with Linda in the dark
G
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
G
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one?
G
D
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one? No oh oh...
G
D
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one? No oh oh... whoa!
G
D
C
D
Linda will you let me be the one? No oh oh...
G
D
C
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Linda will you let me be the one? No oh oh...
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Loose Ends
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Em
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G
We met out on open streets
Em
When we had no place to go
G
I remember how my heart beat
Am7
When you said "I love you so"
C
Then little by little
Em
Am
We choked out all the life that out love could hold oh, no
C
It's like we held a noose
Em
And baby without check
C
D
G
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
C
Each one waiting for the other
Em
Darling to say when
C
D
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G
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Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
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Em
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Em
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x2
We didn't count tomorrows
We took what we could and baby we ran
There was no time for sorrow
Every place we went I held your hand
And when the night closed in
I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know oh, no
It's like we held a noose
And baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other
Darling to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
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Em
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x2
Our love has fallen around us
Like we said it never could
We saw it happen to all the others
But to us it never would
Well how could something so bad, darling
Come from something that was so good I don't know
It's like we held a noose
And baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other
Darling to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end...
Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
Written for Southside Johnny
G
D/g
G
Gsus4
G
D/g
D/g
G
G
D/g
G
Gsus4
G
D/g
D/g
G
G
I was there when you needed someone
Look now, baby, see what you have undone
C
I did most of the talking
C6
Cmaj7
C6
C
But you were the one who lied
G
C/g
G
Bye-bye, baby, our love is tumblin' down
C/g
Am
I can't be hanging around
C
D
G
Intro
Riff
Love on the wrong side of town
You were gone when I needed you by my side
There was no one to dry the tears from my eyes
You were the one who cheated
But I was the one who cried
Bye-bye, baby, our love is tumblin' down
I can't be hangin' around
Love on the wrong side of town
I got something runnin' around my head ooh that just won't keep
G
F
In the silence I hear my heart beatin' time slippin' away
C
F
I got a time bomb tickin' deep inside of me girl all I want to say
C
F
C
F
I keep searchin' for you darlin' searchin' everywhere I go
C
F
And when I find you there's gonna be just one thing that you gotta know
One thing you gotta know
G
F
My love, love, love, love, love, love will not let you down
C
F
My love, love, love, love, love, love will not let you down
At night I walk the streets lookin' for romance
But I always end up stumblin' in a half trance
I search for a connection in some new eyes
That hardly protect you from too many dreams passed by
I see you standin' across the room watchin' me without a sound
I'm gonna push my way through that crowd I'm gonna tear your holy walls down
Tear all your walls down
My love, love, love, love, love, love will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love will not let you down
Intro chords x2
C
F
C
F
Well hold still now darlin' hold still for God's sake
C
F
'Cause I got me a promise I ain't afraid to make
I ain't afraid to make
My love, love, love, love, love, love will not let you down
My love, love, love, love, love, love will not let you down
Murder Incorporated
E5
D5
G
A
x4
E5
D5
G
A
E5
D5
G
A
Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow
E5
D5
G
A
E5
D5
G
A
Out on the streets your chances are zero
E5
D5
Take a look around you (come on now)
G
A
It ain't too complicated
E5
D5
A
E5
D5
G
A
You're messin' with murder incorporated
Now you check over your shoulder everywhere that you go (oh yeah)
Walkin' down the streets, there's eyes in every shadow (oh yeah)
You better take a look around you (come on now)
That equipment you got's so outdated (come on now)
E5
D5
G
A
E5
D5
You can't compete with murder incorporated
G
A
E5
D5
G
A
E5
D5
G
A
Everywhere you look now there's murder incorporated Ha!
Sax Solo
E5
D5
G
A
x4
Guitar Solo
E5
D5
G
A
x4
Bm
D
So you keep a little secret down deep inside your dresser drawer
Bm
D
For dealing with the heat you're feelin' down on the killin' floor
Bm
D
No matter where you step you feel you're never out of danger
C
Bm
So the comfort that you keep's a gold-plated, snub nose thirty-two
I hear that you, you got a job downtown, man, that leaves your head cold (oh, yeah.)
And everywhere you look life ain't got no soul(oh, yeah.)
That apartment you live in feels like it's just a place to hide
When your walkin' down the street you won't meet no one eye to eye
E5
D5
Now the cops reported you as just another homicide
Bsus2
B
I could tell that you were just frustrated from livin' with murder incorporated
E5
D5
G
A
E5
D5
G
A
Murder Incorporated, everywhere you look, now
E5
D5
G
A
E5
D5
G
A
Murder Incorporated, come on, know what I mean?
Repeat to fade
Pink Cadillac
1983
E
You may think I'm fooling, for the foolish things I do
You may wonder how come I love you, when you get on my nerves like you do
A
Well baby, you know you bug me, there ain't no secret about that
E
Well come on over here and hug me and, baby, I'll spill the facts
B7
Well, honey it ain't your money, 'cause baby I got plenty of that
E
I love you for your pink Cadillac, crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back, cruising down the street
A
Waving to the girls, peeling out of sight
E
Spending all my money on a Saturday night
B7
Honey, I just wonder what you do there
E
In the back of your pink Cadillac, pink Cadillac
Well, now way back in the Bible, temptations always come along
There's always somebody tempting you, somebody into doing something they know is wrong
Well they tempt you man with silver, and they tempt you sir with gold
And they tempt you with the pleasures, that the flesh does surely hold
They say Eve tempted Adam, with an apple man I ain't going for that
I know it was her pink Cadillac, crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back, cruising down the street
Waving to the girls, peeling out of sight
Spending all my money on a Saturday night
Honey, I just wonder what it feels like
In the back of your pink Cadillac, pink Cadillac
Now some folks say it's too big, and uses too much gas
Some folks say it's too old, and that it goes too fast
But my love is bigger than a Honda yeah, it's bigger than a Subaru
Hey man there's only one thing and one car that will do
Anyway we don't have to drive it honey, we can park it out in back
And have a party in your pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac, crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back, cruising down the street
Waving to the girls, peeling out of sight
Spending all my money on a Saturday night
Honey, I just wonder what you do there in the back of your
Pink Cadillac, pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac, pink Cadillac ...
The Promise
F
Johnny works in a factory
Bb
F
Billy works downtown
Dm
Terry works in a rock and roll band
Gm
F/a
Bb
Lookin' for that million dollar sound
I got a job down in Darlington
But some nights I don't go
Some nights I go to the drive-in
And some nights I stay home
Bb
F
Bb
I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen
Bb
F
Bb
I drove my Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes
C
F
And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my own dreams
Well, I built that Challenger by myself
But I needed money and so I sold it
I lived a secret I shoulda kept to myself
But I got drunk one night and I told it
Dm
Am
All my life I've fought that fight
Gm
F/a
Bb
A fight that you can never win
F
C
Every day it just gets harder to live
F
The dream you're believing in
Gm
Am
Bb
C
F
Thunder Road.... oh, baby, you were so right
Thunder Road.... there's something dying down on the highway tonight
Well I won big once and I hit the coast
Oh but I paid the big cost
Inside I felt like I was carryin' broken spirits
Of all the other ones who lost
When the promise is broken you go on livin'
But it steals something from down in your soul
Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference
Something in your heart runs cold
Bb
F
Bb
I followed that dream through the southwestern tracks, the dead ends and two-bit bars
C
F
When the promise was broken I was far away from home, in the backseat of a borrowed car
Gm
Am
Bb
C
F
Thunder Road.... here's for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
Thunder Road.... here's for the tires rushing by in the rain
Thunder Road.... remember Billy what we'd always say
Thunder Road.... we were gonna take it all and throw it all away
Rendezvous
1980
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Fsus2
F
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Fsus4
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F
I had a dream our love would last forever
Bb
F
I had a dream tonight my dream comes true
C
Dm
And if you'll hold me tight
Gm
(
Am
)
Bb
We'll be riders, girl, on the night
Bb
C
F
Ooh-ooh, I want a rendezvous
Haven't I told you, girl, how much I like you
I got a feeling that you like me too
Well if you hold me tight
We'll be riders, girl, on the night
Ooh-ooh, I want a rendezvous
Dm
Bb
You deserve so much more than this, girl
Dm
G
Well I'm riding on the power and livin' on the promise
Bb
C
In your last kiss
Because I had a dream our love would last forever
I had a dream tonight my dream comes true
And if you'll hold me tight
We'll be riders, girl, on the night
Bb
C
Am
Dm
Bb
C
F
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, I want a rendezvous
F
I want a rendezvous
I want a rende-
I want a rende-
I want a rendezvous
I want a rendezvous
Some like to drink or gamble, Billy liked to fight
A
G
D
Hitchhiked to his home state of Maryland
A
G
D
Went to his mom's mobile home where she took him in, alright
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I ain't looking for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days, rockaway these nights
Well, at a picnic one Sunday Billy met Mary Dove
Mary looked at Billy, Billy fell in love
Billy swore to Mary he'd always love her so
They were married in the valley where the river flows, alright
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I ain't looking for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days, rockaway these nights
At a roadside bar Billy argued with a young man
And he settled that argument with a razor in his hand
With blood on his shirt back to Mary he did run
She sighed, "Billy, oh Billy, what have you done?"
He ran to his ma's trailer but the lights were dim
He pounded on the door, she wouldn't let him in
Up the road to a neighbor's house he drew near
They said, "Billy go away, we don't want no trouble round here"
Billy stole a car and headed out on the road
Pocketful of pills and his brain on overload
Seen some lights in his rear-view mirror, panicked and gave her the gun
Wrapped himself round a telephone pole way out on 101
Well Billy got cut out by the highway patrol
Just lay there with the cars passing on slow
Sheriff told Billy's ma that Billy died
She buried his body by the riverside, alright
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I ain't looking for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days, rockaway these nights
Well rich man want the power and the seat on the top
Poor man want the money that the rich man got
Honey tonight I'm feeling so tired and unsure
Come on in Mary, shut the light, close the door
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I ain't looking for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days, rockaway these nights
D
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
<Coots/Gillespie>
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F
G
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
C
Am
F
G
C
F
G
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list and checking it twice
He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
C
Am
F
G
C
C7
Santa Claus is coming to town
Gm
C
F
He sees you when you're sleeping
Gm
C
F
He knows when you're awake
D7
He knows if you've been bad or good
G6
You better be good for goodness sake
(Better be good for goodness sake!)
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Solo over verse chords
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
You better be good for goodness sake
(Better be good for goodness sake!)
C
/bb
Am
Ab
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
C
F
G
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
C
Am
F
G
C
Santa Claus is coming to town
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Santa Claus is coming to town
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G
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C
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Secret Garden
C
Fmaj7
C
Fmaj7
C
Am7
Fmaj7
Am
She'll let you in her house, if you come knocking late at night
C
Am7
Fmaj7
Am
She'll let you in her mouth, if the words you say are right
C
Am7
Fmaj7
Am
If you pay the price, she'll let you deep inside
C
G
Am
G
C
There's a secret garden she hides
Fmaj7
Am7
C
She'll let you in her car, to go driving around
She'll let you into parts of herself, that'll bring you down
She'll let you in her heart, if you got a hammer and a vice
But into the secret garden, don't think twice
C
Fmaj7
C
Fmaj7
Am
Fmaj7
C
G
You've gone a million miles, how far did you get?
Am
Fmaj7
C
G
To that place where you can't remember, and you can't forget
C
Am7
Fmaj7
Am
She'll lead you down a path, there'll be tenderness in the air
C
Am7
Fmaj7
Am
She'll let you come just far enough, so you know she's really there
C
Am7
Fmaj7
Am
She'll look at you and smile, and her eyes will say
C
Am7
Fmaj7
Am
She's got a secret garden, where everything you want
Well a great black river a man had found
So he put all his money in a hole in the ground
And sent a big steel arm drivin' down, down, down
Man now I live on the streets of Houston town
Packed up my wife and kids when winter came along
And we headed down south with just spit and a song
But they said "Sorry son it's gone, gone, gone"
It's all gone
Well there's men hunkered down by the railroad tracks
The Elkhorn Special blowin' my hair back
Tents pitched on the highway in the dirty moonlight
And I don't know where I'm gonna sleep tonight
Parked in the lumberyard freezin' our asses off
My kids in the back seat got a graveyard cough
Well I'm sleepin' up in front with my wife
Billy club tappin' on the windshield in the middle of the night
Says "Move along man, move along"
Well big limousine, long, shiny and black
You don't look ahead you don't look back
How many times can you get up after you've been hit?
Well I swear if I could spare the spit
I'd lay one on your shiny chrome
And send you on your way back home
So if you're gonna leave your town where the north wind blow
To go on down where that sweet soda river flow
Well you better think twice on it Jack
You're better off buyin' a shotgun dead off the rack
You ain't gonna find nothin' down here friend
Except seeds blowin' up the highway in the south wind
Movin' on, movin' on
It's gone, gone, it's all gone
G
C
G
C
G
Well a great black river a man had found
C
G
C
G
So he put all his money in a hole in the ground
C
G
D
G
And sent a big steel arm drivin' down, down, down
C
D
G
Now I live on the streets of Houston town
...
Streets Of Philadelphia
F
Am
F
I was bruised and battered I couldn't tell what I felt
Am
I was unrecognizable to myself
F
Saw my reflection in a window and didn't know my own face
Am
Oh brother, are you gonna leave me wasting like this
Bb
F/a
C
On the streets of Philadelphia
Bb
F/a
C
I walked the avenue 'til my legs felt like stone
I heard voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispery as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia
Bb
F/a
C
Bb
Dm
Ain't no angel gonna greet me
Bb
F
It's just you and I my friend
Am
Bb
And my clothes don't fit me no more
C
I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin
The night is falling, I'm lying awake
I can feel my self fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia
Bb
F/a
C
Talk To Me
E
C#m
Well every night I see a light shine in your window
E
C#m
But every night you don't answer when I come knocking at your door
A
F#m
But your daddy won't ever let me in
A
F#m
E
And I see from the street your silhouette sittin' close to him
C#m
A
B
What must I do? What does it take to get you to
E
C#m
Talk to me, until the night's over
E
C#m
Little girl won't you talk to Me, well until the night's over
A
Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay
E
And baby I've been working hard each day
A
I'm not asking for the world you see
B
E
I'm just asking girl, talk to Me
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C#m
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C#m
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E
C#m
Well late at night I hear the music softly playin'
E
C#m
And late at night I see the two of you softly swayin'
A
F#m
I don't understand darlin' what was my sin?
A
F#m
E
Why am I down here below, your arms are open to him
C#m
A
B
What did I do? What did I say? What must I pay to get you to
E
C#m
Talk to me, until the night's over
E
C#m
Little girl won't you talk to me, well until the night's over
A
Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay
E
And baby I've been working hard each day
A
I'm not asking for the world you see
B
E
I'm just asking girl, talk to Me
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C#m
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C#m
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C#m
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C#m
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A
F#m
I don't understand darling what was my sin
A
F#m
E
Why am I down here below and your arms are open to him
C#m
A
B
What did I do? What did I say? What must I pay to get you to
E
C#m
Talk to me, until the night's over
E
C#m
Little girl won't you talk to me, well, until the night's over
A
Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay
E
And baby I've been working hard each day
A
I'm not asking for the world you see
B
Oh I'm just
A
B
Oh I'm just asking darlin' please
A
B
And baby I'm down on my knees to get you to
E
C#m
Talk to me, well until the night's over
E
C#m
Little girl, won't you talk to me? Until it's all over
E
Come on darlin' and talk to me
C#m
Well until it's all over
E
Little girl, won't you talk to me?
C#m
Until it's all over
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C#m
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This Hard Land
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x2
G
C
D
G
Gsus4
Hey there mister, can you tell me what happened to the seeds I've sown
G
C
D
G
Can you give me a reason sir, as to why they ain't never grown
C
G
They've just blown around from town to town
D
G
Back out on to these fields
C
G
Where they fall from, from my hand
D
G
Gsus4
G
Back into the dirt of this hard land (come on)
Well me and my sister, from Germantown yeah, we did ride
And we made our beds sir, from the rock on the mountainside
We've been blowin' around from town to town
Lookin' for a place to land
Where the sun could break through the clouds and fall like a circle
The circle of fire down on this hard land
Well, now even the rain it don't come 'round, don't come 'round here no more
And the only sound at night's the wind slammin' that back porch door
Yeah, it stirs you up like it wants to just blow you down
Twistin' and churnin' up the sand
Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' face down
Into the dirt of this hard land
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x4
Well, from a building up on the hill, I hear a tape deck blastin' Home On The Range
And I can hear them Bar M choppers sweeping low across the plains
It's me and you Frank, we're lookin' for lost cattle
Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand
Yeah, we're ridin' in the whirlwind searching for a treasure
Way down south of the Rio Grande
We're ridin' across that river in the moonlight
Yeah, up on to the banks of this hard land
Well hey, Frank won't you pack your bags and meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall
Ah, just one kiss from you my brother and we'll ride until we fall
We'll sleep out in the fields, we'll sleep by the rivers
And in the morning we'll make a plan
Well, if you can't make it stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive if you can
And meet me in a dream of this hard land
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G
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Trapped
<Jimmy Cliff>
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D
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x4
G
D
C
Well it seems like I'm caught up in your trap again
And it seems like I'll be wearin' the same ol' chains
G
D
C
G
Good will conquer evil and the truth will set you free
G
D
C
Then I know someday I'll find the key
Then I know somewhere I'll find the key
Well it seems like I've been playin' the game way too long
And it seems the game I played has made you strong
Well when the game is over, I won't walk out a loser
And I know that I'll walk out of here again
And I know that someday I'll walk out of here again
Now it seems like I've been sleepin' in your bed too long
And it seems like you've been meanin' to do me harm
But I'll teach my eyes to see beyond these walls in front of me
And someday I'll walk out of here again
Yeah I know someday I'll walk out of here again
But now I'm trapped, oh yeah!
Trapped, oh yeah!
Trapped, oh yeah!
Trapped, oh yeah!
Well it seems like I've been playin' the game way too long
And it seems the game I played has made you strong
Because I'm trapped, oh yeah!
Trapped, oh yeah!
Trapped, oh yeah!
Trapped, oh yeah!
