Key: C major
Verse 1
Dm
C
His mother told me everything
F
C
Dm
C
Dm
She had every reason to lie
G
C
Out there in the laundromat
Cm
C
F
G
C
Like his life was tumbling dry
Born to be a fighter
Cm
Eb
F
C
Nothing to attack.
Ab
Fm
Ab
They put sugar in his cof fee,
Fm
Ab
Fm
Ddim
Dm
Cm
A t -shirt on his back
Abdim
Bm
D
Dm
.
C
F
C
They got a piece of paper,
G
Cm
F
Cm
Signed it with a pen.
C
F
C
They got him in an ambulance,
F
C
Gm
G
he'll never fight again
C
F
Nothing in his pockets,
C
Dm
Cm
nothing in his hand
Ab
Fm
C
Cm
That man in the vine,
F
C
that man in the vine
Gm
C
F
Dm
G
C
Out there in the desert
F
C
G
with the dinosaur blues.
C
G
Dm
G
C
With a suitcase full of earwax
F
C
F
C
and pencils in his shoes.
The streets were full of marionettes
Cm
Adim
and their eyes like blood
Cm
C
Ab
Eb
Ab
it was raining crucifixes
Bb
Dm
C
Dm
C
to the tune of billy bud
going to las cruces
F
C
Cm
Eb
to breathe that magic air
Cm
Gm
Bb
C
They got a few shocks for him
F
C
G
when he gets there
C
F
Nothing in his pockets,
C
F
nothing in his hand
C
Fm
That man in the van,
Cm
Fm
Ab
that man in the van
Fm
Ab
Good morning to you, Dr. Vardin
A
Am
Good morning to you, doctor,
F
A
if you please
Cm
C
Cm
F
Cm
while they're dying by degrees
C
Cm
The gates of hell were open,
Eb
Cm
F
there was no one there inside.
Adim
Cm
Ab
They were
Eb
Ab
all out in lust cruises,
Ddim
Bb
G
C
Dm
giving their hogs a ride.
C
F
With the clean white jackets
C
G
Eb
Cm
F
and their eyes like glass
Bb
C
Maybe he'll learn to take it slow
F
Gm
G
C
an d let it pass
Cm
F
Nothing in his pockets,
C
F
nothing in his hand,
C
F
nothing in his pockets,
C
Fm
Ab
Fm
Dm
that man, that man
Outro 1
C
Cm
Eb
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