String of Pearls chords by
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum

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Key: A major
Intro 1
G
G

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Verse 1
G
G

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She swings the string of
pearls on the corner
D
D

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The street lights reflect
the light in the water
C
C

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The string it snaps and
the pearls go sailing
D
D

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And they splash and bounce and
roll 'cross the wet street
Verse 2
G
G

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As she bends to chase the pearls a
car swings 'round the corner
D
D

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She darts from the eyes of
the panic-struck driver
driver
C
C

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Who's racing to the delivery room
D
D

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'Cause in the back seat his wife
is busting out of her womb
G
G

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Verse 3
And the sack breaks and out
come the Siamese Twins
D
D

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Who grow up to become
the first President
C
C

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With two heads
Are better than one
D
D

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Verse 4
G
G

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He puts his heads in his hands,
Em
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says I got to put my heads together
D
D

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I can become the best President ever
C
C

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And not just President
Interlude 1
Fend for yourself
D
D

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G
G

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C
C

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G
G

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C
C

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G
G

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Verse 5
G
G

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Signs his name, takes the blame for
D
D

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all of the names with no shame
In their beliefs
C
C

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They adjourn and they leave,
D
D

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C
C

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and in walks a man
D
D

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With a broom and a knife
and blood on his hands
Verse 6
G
G

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C
C

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And he sweeps everything under the rug
D
D

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And goes home to his kids
and gives them a hug
C
C

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But his wife was not there,
she had just left a letter
D
D

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That said "you'd be much
better off without me"
G
G

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Verse 7
Now his wife took the train to
her ex-lover's funeral
funeral
Em
Em

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D
D

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Who died in the bathroom,
hit his head on a urinal
C
C

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When they got together,
the knowledge was carnal
D
D

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Em
Em

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And the widow was at the fu neral,
D
D

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and they had quite a catfight
Verse 8
G
G

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And they fell into the hole where the
C
C

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casket was resting
D
D

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And the preacher just left in the
middle of the service
C
C

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'Cause death was one thing,
but women made him nervous
D
D

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And he ran to his car and he drove
Interlude 2
'round the corner
G
G

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C
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G
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C
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G
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Verse 9
G
G

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Then something in the street
caught the light in his eye
D
D

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He pulled over, reached down,
C
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and picked up a pearl from the gutter
And he didn't know what to think
D
D

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And he brought it home and
washed it in the sink
Verse 10
G
G

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And he gave the pearl to
Em
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Sister Mary Teresa
D
D

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Who could not accept it
so she gave it to Lisa,
C
C

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A young prostitute who was missing a pearl
D
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On the necklace that broke late last
D
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G
G

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C
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G
G

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Outro 1
C
C

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G
G

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C
C

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G
G

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C
C

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G
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