Bad Fruit chords by 
John Wesley Harding 
N/A
Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
Em
G
Em
G
On the
long
Em
slow slide to Calvary
G
Em
G
Was it an airplane flying home?
Em
Well I met her when I was born
G
Em
An d we went up to Rome, R -O -M -E
C
Am
We ended up in Italy,
C
Am
the rain was pouring down
C
Am
She was wearing her party dress,
G
Em
she got me dressed up like a Piero clown
G
Em
G
As the sun climbed up my window,
Em
the alarm went off again
G
Em
I had to leave right after that warning
G
Em
I just could not be sus tained
C
Am
Well, I took my love for her away
C
Am
But it never left my mind
G
She said, you know,
Em
I don't mind looking you in my eyes
G
But I wish you wouldn't be unkind
Em
C
Am
And I said, from one quick bite of a bad fruit
to today in seconds flat
G
Em
have you still got that hat I gave you
G
Em
do you still think that it will save you
C
and just between you and me
Em
this life is not as long
Am
D
Bm
as it's cracked up to be well
G
I've been here so long
C
D
it all feels like I'm growing root s
G
Em
G
Em
to one quick bite of a bread
G
Em
Well I fell in love with be ing in love
G
Em
An d she fell in love with a snake
G
Em
And all he gave her was so cial security
G
Em
An d a slice of his birthday cake
C
Am
And I went back to the house we renov ated
C
Am
In that row on Nowhere Street
C
An d I just sat there writing
Am
my obituary
G
Em
Waiting for a chance to complete it
G
Something happened in
Em
some big city
Somewhere, sometime, somehow
G
That's as far as I can go
Em
G
I checked in my pockets
Em
And the petals you gave
me were still in there
G
Em
So it wasn't a dream, I know
C
Am
As my ship sailed from the harbour
C
Am
She waved from on dry land
C
Em
A red -headed wo man,
Am
she told me last Thursday
G
You gotta go backwards
Em
if you wanna under stand
C
Am
I shout from one great bite of a bad food
C
To today in second s flat
D
G
Em
Have you still got that cat I gave you?
G
Em
Do you still think that it can save you?
C
And just between you and me
This life is not as long
Am
Em
as it's cracked up to be
D
G
Well I've been here so long
C
D
It all feels like I'm growing root s
And it just took one quick
G
Em
bite of a bad fruit
G
Em
One quick bite of a bad fruit,
hit the cover!
G
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