Key: Bb major
Intro 1
Dm
G
Dm
G
Verse 1
C
G
to things that don't exist
C
G
Peering through the cutting wrist,
at grand old mother greedy
Rolling out the cotton ship,
upon the carpet pillow
Throttling children callously,
Verse 2
a messy day with Clancy
G
D
Em
D
C
Gideon lied and Gideon died
D
G
D
G
The force of China felt
D
Em
D
C
Gideon smiled as Gideon died
Verse 3
G
C
Rolling out the golden robes and
C
G
Stretching out the verbs and nouns
together in the greeting
Some that felt the blade often,
some deep confused emotion
Struck eye first against the wall
Verse 4
of China under fire.
G
D
Em
D
C
Gideon lied and Gideon died
D
G
D
G
The force of China felt
D
Em
C
Gideon smiled as
Em
C
D
C
Gideon died
Outro 1
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm G C D Em
More songs by John Cale
Discover chords for more songs to play
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users
