Key: C# minor•
Verse 1
"I even thought of packing it in,
but I just could not bring myself to do it."
"I met an old friend that I had a
real connection with,"
G#m
C#m
"He asked me if I'd like
to play with him,"
"And as we played I felt, slowly but surely,
E
G#m
rock 'n roll grab me by the neck, and I, well..."
Verse 2
G#m
C#m
X marks the spot
We all need a map for the trail
of your thought
G#m
C#m
the X marks the spot
Verse 3
A
C#m
You seem to have a misgiving
G#m
Don't add bricks to what we're heaving
A
F#m
F#
C#m
We would so much rather enjoy the beach,
Verse 4
has a copyright for the world
Gm
Cm
the X marks the spot
You join a cult,
fill the void that you've got
Gm
Cm
X marks the spot
Verse 5
Ab
B#m
There you stand and talk and holler
how dark are all your colors
D#
Gm
When you paint another sunrise
G#
Bb
Cm
Bb
you leave out the sun
B#
heaven
Verse 6
Db
Dbm
How well do you know those
you're calling your own?
Abm
Dbm
dude! (X marks the spot)
Your starving soul in your house
of skin and bone
E
B
You're an island, the X marks the spot
Dbm
B
A
"Testify children, testify."
Verse 7
G
Bm
There you stand and talk and holler
B
D
how dark are all your colors
G
A
Bm
A
you leave out the sun
E
B
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
B
Gb
Birds like you fly straight to heaven,
Dbm
heaven
Verse 8
D#m
G#m
D#m
"And there was a period of time when I
D#
D#m
B
hadn't exactly lost my soul,"
D#m
"I just didn't know where I'd put it,"
G#m
D#m
I was trying to fill a void in my heart."
D#
A
"To fill that void I got what
I always wanted:"
D#m
D#
"Success, prosperity,
A
D#m
the admiration I wanted as a player,"
"I got play some big shows and travel
the world from end to end."
"And in the midst of it all I had this
D#m
F#m
"Yearning in my heart for
rock'n'roll."
B
Verse 9
G#m
D#m
Cm
D#m
"I was called to join this band,"
F#
F#m
D#m
"And I was surrounded by good folks who were servants
F#
F#m
A
of the rock'n'roll who passed on the love."
C5
Em
"I can swear I saw my own living
Verse 10
but where is the clown?
Em
Am
still the X marks the spot
Verse 11
F
Am
There you stand and talk and holler
C5
Em
When you paint another sun rise
F
G
F
G
you leave out the sun
A
E
B
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Verse 12
E
B
Heaven, heaven
A
C#
C#m
G#m
Or they slowly float away
A
F#
C#m
G#m
E
F#
C#m
B
C#m
B
are you ready to spread the word?"
"Everybody sing,
G#m
C#m
G#m
C#
'wohoho'"
C#m
B
C#m
"Everybody sing
C#
C#m
C#
'hey- hey', 'wow- wow', 'hey- hey' huh?"
B
Verse 13
A
E
B
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
B
F#
C#
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Verse 14
"And the funny thing was I was like a spiritual baby running
around with diapers on where the X marks the spot."
"I'd given my life to rock'n'roll but I still
wasn't sure was there rock'n'roll? Is it real?"
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ChordsC#m E G#m A F#m...
Chords
C#m
E
G#m
A
F#m
F#
Em
G
B#m
Eb
Gm
Cm
Ab
D#
G#
Bb
E#
B#
Db
Dbm
Abm
B
Bm
D
Gbm
Gb
D#m
Am
C5
F
C
C#
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