Song For Dennis Brown chords by The Mountain Goats
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Verse 1
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor) 73 years before
the advent of the christian era,
As rome was taking over
any land within reach,
Setting up proxy governmnents in the
conquered lands, (C major)
(A minor) There lived one such man given
just such a job. (D minor)
(A minor) Gaius verres. (D minor) go. (F major)
Interlude 1
(F major) (G major) (A minor)
(C major) (F major) (G major) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor)
(A minor)
A (D minor) praetor held a position which
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Verse 2
operated (A minor) on trust. (D minor) (A minor)
He was to govern instead
of the emperor himself.
(D minor) It (A minor) was an easy easy privilege to abuse.
(D minor) And verres did so.
Interlude 2
(D minor) (F major) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 3
He was the governor of agrigentum (D minor)
which we now (A minor) know as sicily.
And he stole everything that wasn't nailed down,
Took improper (D minor) (A minor) advantage
of other men's wives.
The list goes on. trust me.
(D minor) Cicer (A minor) o wrote it (D minor) all down.
(F major) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 4
At syracuse verres welcomed
a band of pirates. (D minor) (A minor)
They (D minor) all drank and danced (A minor) and
sang on the shore,
And when the husband of (D minor) one of
verres's paramours
Came (A minor) (C major) (F major) (A minor) (D minor) bringing a
fleet of boats with him, (A minor)
Veri (D minor) us, clever, if diabolical,
(A minor) gave him a job. (D minor) (A minor)
And enlisted the pirates to (D minor) burn (A minor) the whole
Interlude 3
fleet down.
(D minor) (F major) (G major) (A minor) (C major)
Verse 5
(C major) The boats (F major) burned (G major) in the sicilian harbor
(A minor) (C major) The flames (F major) rose (G major) hundreds
of feet (A minor) into the (C major) air
We (F major) stood on the shore (G major) (A minor)
watching (C major) them burn we stood (F major)
On the (G major) shore, we heard the old
(A minor) songs. hey!
Outro 1
(A minor) (D minor) (C major) (A minor)
(E flat major) (A minor)
Song For Dennis Brown
The Mountain Goats
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