Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
Verse 1
Wise men are down on their knees
And the Fruitman of Freeway
will sell you his cars
When he's sure that you can't
find the keys
Am
D
G
And the ladies on Magdalene Lane
Am
D
G
All worship the sun and the sand
Am
D
And the migrants who come
C
Am
D
G
Am
C
For this is their promised land
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G
Interlude 1
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D
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Verse 2
They're auctioning Dorothy's shoes
Gable is gone, the good witch is a slut
And I've got the parking-lot blues
blues
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D
G
The wizard brought benzedrine smiles
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D
G
And he never let Dorothy doze
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D
G
Ha- she died as she walked down the aisle
C
Am
D
And all that remains is her clothes
Verse 3
D
G
Em
a Kansas tornado
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D
G
Can twist up a little girl's head
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D
Aunt Em's on relief and
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Em
the tin man's a thief
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Am
And even the wizard can't wake
Interlude 2
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Am
C
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Verse 4
the kingdom of lights
But there's no one to listen or learn
And the saviour performs for
the prophet's delight
While dissenters are banished or burned
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D
G
And the heretics beg to be heard
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D
G
But the sa viour's on tour for the week
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D
G
Salvation is found in his word
C
Am
D
If only he'd learn how to speak!
Verse 5
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D
And Lincoln is laughing
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Em
with Amos and Andy
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D
G
Concerning the great Civil War
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D
And Paul Revere sleeps with
C
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D
While revolution's knocking at his
Interlude 3
door
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Am
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D
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Verse 6
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Am
G
Magdalene Lane is the red-light domain
G
C
D
Where everyone's soul is for sale
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Am
A piece of your heart will do for a start
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D
G
You can send us the rest in the mail
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D
G
For we have our own families to feed
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D
G
And we can't let them starve just for you
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D
G
But we'd rather not watch while you bleed
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Am
So come back in an hour
Verse 7
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Am
It's just another city full of sorrow
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D
Makes no differ
Outro 1
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Am
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Am D C Em
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