String of Pearls

String of Pearls easy guitar chords by Soul Asylum

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Em

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Em

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    She 
    swings 
    the 
    string 
    of 

    pearls 
    on 
    the corner 

    The street 
    lights 
    reflect 

    the light 
    in 
    the water 

    The string 
    it 
    snaps 
    and 

    the pearls 
    go 
    sailing 

    And 
    they 
    splash 
    and 
    bounce 
    and 

    roll 
    'cross 
    the 
    wet 
    street 

    Verse 2
    As 
    she 
    bends 
    to 
    chase 
    the 
    pearls 

    car 
    swings 
    'round 
    the 
    corner 

    She 
    darts 
    from 
    the 
    eyes 
    of 

    the panic-struck 
    driver 

    driver 

    Who's 
    racing 
    to 
    the delivery 
    room 

    'Cause 
    in 
    the 
    back 
    seat 
    his 
    wife 

    is 
    busting 
    out 
    of 
    her 
    womb 

    Verse 3

    And 
    the sack 
    breaks 
    and 
    out 

    come 
    the Siamese 
    Twins 

    Who 
    grow 
    up 
    to 
    become 

    the 
    first 
    President 

    With 
    two 
    heads 

    Are 
    better 
    than 
    one 

    Verse 4

    He 
    puts 
    his 
    heads 
    in 
    his 
    hands, 

    says 
    got 
    to put 
    my 
    heads 
    togeth
    er 

    can 
    become 
    the 
    best 
    President 
    ever 

    And 
    not 
    just 
    President 

    Interlude 1
    Fend 
    for 
    your
    self 




    Verse 5
    Signs 
    his 
    name, 
    takes 
    the 
    blame 
    for 

    all 
    of 
    the names 
    with 
    no 
    shame 

    In 
    their 
    beliefs 

    They 
    ad
    journ 
    and 
    they 
    leave, 

    and 
    in 
    walks 
    a man 

    With 
    a broom 
    and 
    a knife 

    and 
    blood 
    on 
    his 
    hands 

    Verse 6
    And 
    he sweeps 
    everything 
    under 
    the 
    rug 

    And 
    goes 
    home 
    to 
    his 
    kids 

    and 
    gives 
    them 
    hug 

    But 
    his 
    wife 
    was 
    not 
    there, 

    she had 
    just 
    left 
    a letter 

    That 
    said 
    "you'd 
    be 
    much 

    better 
    off 
    without 
    me" 

    Verse 7

    Now 
    his 
    wife 
    took 
    the train 
    to 

    her ex-lover's 
    funeral 

    funeral 

    Who 
    died 
    in 
    the bathroom, 

    hit his 
    head 
    on 
    a urinal 

    When 
    they 
    got 
    together, 

    the 
    knowledge 
    was 
    carnal 

    And the 
    widow 
    was 
    at 
    the 
    fu
    neral, 

    and 
    they had 
    quite 
    catfight 

    Verse 8
    And they 
    fell 
    into 
    the 
    hole 
    where the 

    casket 
    was 
    resting 

    And the 
    preacher 
    just 
    left 
    in the 

    middle 
    of 
    the service 

    'Cause 
    death 
    was 
    one 
    thing, 

    but 
    women 
    made 
    him 
    nervous 

    And 
    he 
    ran 
    to 
    his car 
    and he 
    drove 

    Interlude 2
    'round 
    the corner 



    Verse 9
    Then 
    something 
    in 
    the 
    street 

    caught 
    the 
    light 
    in 
    his 
    eye 

    He 
    pulled 
    over, 
    reached 
    down, 

    and 
    picked 
    up 
    a pearl 
    from 
    the 
    gut
    ter 

    And 
    he 
    didn't 
    know 
    what 
    to 
    think 

    And he 
    brought 
    it 
    home 
    and 

    washed 
    it 
    in 
    the sink 

    Verse 10
    And 
    he 
    gave 
    the 
    pearl 
    to 

    Sister 
    Mary 
    Teresa 

    Who 
    could 
    not 
    accept 
    it 

    so 
    she 
    gave 
    it 
    to 
    Lisa, 

    young 
    prostitute 
    who 
    was 
    missing 
    pearl 

    On 
    the 
    neck
    lace 
    that 
    broke 
    late 
    last 


    night 

    Outro 1




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