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Wild Billy`s Circus Story
Tom: C 
Intro:  G with lick
      C                  D                   G
The machinist climbs his ferris wheel like a brave
        C                       D                            G 
And the fire eater's lyin' in a pool of sweat, victim of the heatwave 
           C                   D                        G                 C
Behind the tent the hired hand tightens his legs on the sword swallower's blade 
                         G         C  G  C  G
And circus town's on the shortwave 
    C            D                       G
The runway lies ahead like a great false dawn 
        C                     D                 G
Woh fat lady, big mama, Missy Bimbo sits in her chair and yawns 
        C                     D                G
And the man-beast lies in his cage sniffin' popcorn 
       C                   D                G             C
As the midget licks his fingers and suffers Missy Bimbo's scorn 
                   G
Circus town's been born 
            C
Whoa, and a press roll drummer go, ballerina to and fro 
                        G                C
Cartwheelin' up on that tightrope with a cannon blast lightin' flash 
                                                   G
Movin' fast through the tent Mars bent, he's gonna miss his fall 
                      D
Oh God save the human cannonball. 
        C                                      G
And the flying Zambinis watch Margarita do her neck twist, 
        C                                                            Am          D
And the ringmaster gets the crowd to count along Ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven 
         C                               D                      Em
A ragged suitcase in his hand, he steals silently away from the circus grounds 
        C                        D
And the highway's haunted by the carnival sounds 
                  Em                D            C
They dance like a great greasepaint ghost on the wind 
         Bm                    Em              C
A man in baggy pants, a lonely face, a crazy grin 
        G            F      C        Em
Runnin' home to some small Ohio town 
      G                       D
Jesus send some good women to save all your clowns 
    C                        D                      G
And circus boy dances like a monkey on barbed wire 
        C                      D                        G
And the barker romances with a junkie, she's got a flat tire, 
            C                    D             G                        C
And now the elephants dance real funky and the band plays like a jungle fire 
                       G
Circus town's on the live wire 
        C
And the strong man Sampson lifts the midget little Tiny Tim way up on his shoulders, way up 
                            G               C              G
And carries him on down the midway past the kids, past the sailors 
      C               G
To his dimly lit trailer 
        C                      G                        Dsus4      D
And the ferris wheel turns and turns like it ain't ever gonna stop 
        Dsus4
And the circus boss leans over
             D                       Dsus4
And whispers in the little boy's ear 
    C                      G
Hey son, you wanna try the big top? 
     C                     G           G
All aboard, Nebraska's our next stop. 
Rosalita (Come out Tonight) 
Tom: F
Intro:  F  Bb  F  C  F  Bb  F  C
        F  Bb  F  C  F  Bb  F  C
F      Bb      F     C               F         Bb          F  C
Spread out now Rosie doctor come cut loose her mama's reins
F        Bb      F           C          F      Bb     F   C
You know playing blind man's bluff is a little baby's game
F        Bb        F       C F         Bb             F  C
You pick up Little Dynamite  I'm gonna pick up Little Gun
      F            Bb       F     C         F         Bb      F  C
And together we're gonna go out tonight and make that highway run
Bb                                               Am                    Dm
You don't have to call me lieutenant Rosie and I don't want to be your son
    C                                     Bb
The only lover I'm ever gonna need's your soft sweet little girl's tongue
C
Ah, Rosie you're the one
F   Bb            F      C    F       Bb           F  C
Dynamite's in the belfry baby playing with the bats
       F         Bb               F           C              F           Bb      F   C
Little Gun's downtown in front of Woolworth's trying out his attitude on all the cats
F      Bb     F     C F       Bb      F  C
Papa's on the corner  waiting for the bus
F          Bb          F     C F       Bb     F  C
Mama she's home in the window  waiting up for us
          Bb
She'll be there in that chair when they wrestle her upstairs
          Am                  Dm
Cause you know we ain't gonna come
C                                  Bb
I ain't here on business baby, I'm only here for fun
    C
And Rosie you're the one
CHORUS 1:
    F    Bb            C            F    Bb             C
Rosalita jump a little lighter, senorita come sit by my fire
       F               Bb             C         F           Bb         C
I just want to be your lover ain't no liar, Rosalita you're my stone desire
SAX:  F  Bb  C  F  Bb  C
      F  Bb  C  F  Bb  C
F        Bb         F          C                F                  Bb      F  C
Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knees Willie don't you know they're gonna be there
   F      Bb      F         C                 F             Bb  F  C
Ah sloppy Sue and Big Bones Billie they'll be coming up for air
            F         Bb   F         C      F        Bb
We're gonna play some pool skip some school act real cool
     F       C                F      Bb   F  C
Stay out all night it's gonna feel alright
              Bb                     C
So Rosie come out tonight, baby come out tonight
Bb                       Am               Dm
Windows are for cheaters chimneys for the poor
C                       Bb
Closets are for hangers winners use the door
   C
So use it Rosie that's what it's there for
CHORUS 2
SOLO:  C  C#  D  D#  E
       F  C C  F  C C
       F  C C  F  C C
       F  Bb  F  C  F  Bb  F  C
       F  Bb  F  C  F  Bb  F  C
       F
    C                                          Gm
Now I know your mama she don't like me cause I play in a rock and roll band
    Dm                                       Am
And I know your daddy he don't dig me but he never did understand
          C
Your Papa lowered the boom he locked you in your room
    Gm
I'm coming to lend a hand
              Dm                            Am
I'm coming to liberate you confiscate you I want to be your man
              Bb                    C                F     Am
Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny
    Dm                  Bb
But now you're sad your mama's mad
         C(N.C.)
And your papa says he knows that I don't have any money
Woh your Papa says he knows that I don't have any money
Woh so your Daddy says he knows that I don't have any money
         Dm                             Eb                 Bb
Tell him this is last chance to get his daughter in a fine romance
          C
Because a record company Rosie just gave me a big advance
       F          Bb            F      C               F        Bb   F  C
And my tires were slashed and I almost crashed but the Lord had mercy
     F             Bb      F            C       F            Bb        F     C
My machine she's a dud out stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
F       Bb    F           C           F         Bb        F     C
Hold on tight stay up all night cause Rosie I'm coming on strong
       F       Bb       F            C       F        Bb        F  C
By the time we meet the morning light I will hold you in my arms
         Bb                                              Am        Dm
I know a pretty little place in Southern California down San Diego way
          C                      Bb
There's a little cafe where they play guitars all night and day
        Am                         Dm
You can hear them in the back room strumming
   C                                                                   C
So hold tight baby cause don't you know daddy's coming...aah everybody say

CHORUS 3
OUTRO:  F  Bb  C  F  Bb  C
        F  Bb  C  F  Bb  C
        F  Bb  F  C  F  Bb  F  C
        F  Bb  F  C  F  Bb  F  C
        F  Bb  F  C  F  Bb  F  C

 

New York City Serenade 
Tom: A
 
A     F#m               Bm              D
Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks
   A               F#m              Bm        D
Sitting low in the back seat of his cadillac
A       F#m          Bm        D
Diamond Jackie she's so intact
       A        F#m      Bm        D
As she falls so softly beneath him
         Bm
Jackie's heels are stacked
            F#m
Billy's got cleats on his boots
                 Bm
Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway
              F#m
And come back home with their loot
     Bm
It's midnight in Manhatten
           D
This is no time to get cute
           E
It's a mad dogs promenade
        A    F#m   Bm
So walk tall
       D                 A  F#m  Bm  D
Better don't walk at all
     A         F#m
Fish lady, oh, Fish lady, Fish lady
    Bm                        D
She baits them tenament walls
           A                            F#m
She wont take corner boys, ain't got no money
            Bm      D
And they're so easy
           A
I said hey babe, ah really 
                       F#m                          Bm  D
Wont you take my hand, waltz with me down Broadway
          A               F#m                         Bm    D
Oh, mama, take my arm and move with me down Broadway, yeah
      A
I'm a young man I talk it real loud
F#m                                 Bm
Yeah babe, I walk it real proud for ya
    D
Ah, so shake it away
          A                                     F#m
So shake away your street life, shake away your city life
    Bm
And hook up to the train
    D
Ah, hook up to the night train
A       F#m               Bm                      D
Hook it up, hook up to the...hook up to the train
                    Bm
But I know that she wont take the train
         F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
        Bm
No, she wont take the train
         F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
        Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
         F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
        Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
         F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
       D
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down
             E
And when she turns this boy'll be gone
   A    F#m  
So long
    Bm             D             A     F#m  Bm  D
Sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk
    A                   F#m
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man
    Bm                    D
Ah, play me your serenade
    A                       F#m             Bm     D
Any deeper blues, you'll be playing in your grave
          Bm
Save your notes
                             F#m
Don't spend 'em on the blues boy
          Bm
Save your notes
                          F#m
Don't spend 'em on the darlin' year inside, boy 
                        Bm
Straight for the church note ringin'
                  D
Vibes man sting a trashcan
          E
Listen to your junk man, ah, listen to your junk man
listen to your junk man, oh, listen to your junk man
     A        F#m
He's singing, singing
     Bm       D
He's singing, singing
     A        F#m
He's singing, singing
            Bm                           D
All dressed up in satin walking down the alley
A        F#m
Singing, singing
Bm          D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A        F#m
Singing, singing
Bm          D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A  F#m  Bm  D  until end
Watch out for your junk man!

 

NEBRASKA 
Tom: G#
Intro:  G#  C#  G#  C#  F#  C#  G#  C#
          G#              C#              G#           C#
I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
       F#             C#           G#                  C#
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
         G#                C#                       G#        C#
From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap
               F#            C#             G#               C#  G#  C#
Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path
        G#           C#            G#             C#
I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done
         F#           C#               G#                 C#
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun
        G#                       C#              G#                       C#
Now the jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
   F#                C#                     G#               C#
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest
                 G#             C#             G#                 C#
Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor head back
         F#             C#              G#                C#
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap
HARMONICA:  G#  C#  G#  C#  
       G#              C#                     G#                    C#
They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul be hurled
             F#                  C#
They want to know why I did what I did
                                G#               C#
Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world
HARMONICA:  G#  C#  G#  C#  F#  C#  G#  C#

 

Atlantic City
Tom: F#m 
          F#m         A              D           A
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night 
         F#m     A         D   A
Now they blew up his house too
            F#m               A             D          A
Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight 
      F#m           A               D  A
Gonna see what them racket boys can do
            F#m     A              D     A
Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state 
        F#m        A        D   A
And the D.A. can't get no relief
           F#m    A          D     A
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade 
        F#m        A                            D    E
And the gamblin' commission's hangin' on by the skin of its teeth
CHORUS 1:
         F#m        A         D        A
Well now everything dies baby that's a fact
          F#m             A        E         F#m
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
                A           D       A
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty
    F#m       A          D      A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
BREAK 1:  F#m  A  D  A  F#m  A  D  A
       F#m   A                    D         A
Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
          F#m           A      D       A
But I got debts that no honest man can pay
     F#m         A            D       A
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
      F#m           A               D     E
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus
CHORUS 2
          F#m        A         D        A
Now baby, everything dies baby that's a fact
          F#m             A        D         A
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
         F#m    A           D       A
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty
    F#m       A          D      A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
BREAK 2:  F#m  A  D  A  F#m  A  D  A
          F#m  A  D  A  F#m  A  D  A
        D                          F#m                  A           E         F#m
Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold but with you forever I'll stay
      D                          F#m
We're goin' out where the sand's turnin' to gold 
   D           A                         D               A
So put on your stockin's baby `cause the night's getting cold
    D          A         D        A     
And everything dies baby that's a fact
          D               A        E         D
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
BREAK 3:  F#m  A  D  A  F#m  A  D  A
           F#m           A            D           A
Now I been lookin' for a job but it's hard to find
                    F#m         A
Down here it's just winners and losers 
              D                        A
And don't get caught on the wrong side of that line
         F#m             A           D         A     
Well I'm tired of comin' out on this losin' end
              F#m              A                             D          E
So honey last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favour for him
             F#m        A         D        A
Well I guess everything dies baby that's a fact
          F#m             A        D         A
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
         F#m     A        D      A
Put your hair up nice and set up pretty
    F#m       A          D      A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
    F#m       A          D      A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
    F#m       A          D      A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
          F#m       A          D      A
Will you  meet me tonight in Atlantic City
F#m  A  D  A  F#m  A  D  A
F#m  A  D  A  F#m  A  D  A
F#m  A  D  A  F#m  A  D  A

 


Mansion on the Hill 
Tom: G
Intro:  D  G  D  G  D  G  D  A  D
                    G              D
There's a place out on the edge of town sir
                 G                 D
Risin' above the factories and the fields
    G                                D           A              D
Now ever since I was a child I can remember that mansion on the hill
                   G                D
In the day you can see the children playing
                 G                                D
On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel
      G                     D                A              D
Steel gates that completely surround sir the mansion on the hill
                    G                D
At night my daddy'd take me and we'd ride 
                                 G          D
Through the streets of a town so silent and still
          G                           D
Park on a back road along the highway side
        A                      D
Look up at that mansion on the hill
HARMONICA:  D  G  D  A  D  G  A  D
              G                    D
In the summer all the lights would shine 
                                G                D
There'd be music playin' people laughin' all the time
          G                                     D
Me and my sister we'd hide out in the tall corn fields
        A                            D
Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill
             G              D
Tonight down here in Linden Town 
            G                             D
I watch the cars rushin' by home from the mill
          G                   D       A                       D
There's a beautiful full moon rising above the mansion on the hill
HARMONICA:  D  G  D  G  D  G  D  A  D  G
JOHNNY 99 
Tom: B
Intro:  B  F#  B
B
Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month
                                                      F#
Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none
        B
He came home too drunk from mixin'Tanqueray and wine
                                         F#               B
He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call him Johnny 99
Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop
                                                           F#
Johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top
        B
When an off duty cop snuck up on him from behind
                                                  F#               B
Out in front of the Club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99
                 E                               B
Well the city supplied a public defender but the judge was Mean John Brown
                                                  F#
He came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down
         B
Well the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime
                                           F#           B
Prison for 98 and a year and we'll call it even Johnny 99
HARMONICA:  B  E  B  F#  B
      E                                            B
A fistfight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnny's girl away
                                                           F#
His mama stood up and shouted Judge don't take my boy this way
     B
Well son you got any statement you'd like to make
                               F#             B
Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away
Now judge judge I had debts no honest man could pay
                                                               F#
The bank was holdin' my mortgage and they was takin' my house away
    B
Now I ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man
                                 F#                 B
But it was more 'n all this that put that gun in my hand
Well your honour I do believe I'd be better off dead
                                                                F#
And if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head
                   B
Then won't you sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time
                                  F#                      B
And let 'em shave off my hair and put me on that execution line
OUTRO:  E  B  F#  B  F#  B    

 

Highway Patrolman 
Tom: D
Intro:  D
D                      G              D
My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state
                                                   A
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8
D                           G              D
I always done an honest job as honest as I could
                      A                            D
I got a brother named Franky and Frank he ain't no good
                                      G                  D
Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
                                                      A
I get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downtown
D                             G                     D
Well if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away
                   A                                    D
But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way
CHORUS 1:
             G                   D          A     G                          D
Yeah, me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A      G                  D                                               A
Takin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D                              G                D
I catch him when he's straying like any brother would
                          A                            D
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
                             G          D
Well Franky went in the army back in 1965 
                                                        A
I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife
    D                                               G                    D
But them wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was like we were getting robbed
                     A                       D
Franky came home in `68, and me, I took this job
CHORUS 2:
G                      D          A     G                          D
Yea we're laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
  A    G                  D                                               A
Takin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D                               G                          D
I catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that line
                          A                            D  G  A  D
Man turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine
                                           G                     D
Well the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nine
                                                     A
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
           D                                   G                      D
There was a kid lying on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head
                             A                            D
There was a girl crying at a table and it was Frank, they said
                                      G              D
Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights
                                                                  A
But I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night
D                             G                 D
It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank
                   A                               D
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
                    
Well I chased him through them county roads 
        G                         D
'till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here
                                 A                                      D
I pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear
CHORUS 3:
       G                   D           A    G                          D
Me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A      G                    D                                             A
Taking turns dancing with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
 D                             G                D
I catch him when he's straying like any brother would
                          A                            D  G  D
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
State Trooper
Tom: A
Intro:  A
 
A
New Jersey Turnpike riding on a wet night 
D                                         A
'neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow
                                              D           
License, registration, I ain't got none but I got a clear conscience
 A
About the things that I done
Mister state trooper, please don't stop me
D                     A                    D  A
Please don't stop me, please don't stop me
Maybe you got a kid, maybe you got a pretty wife 
    D                            A
The only thing that I got's been bothering me my whole life
Mister state trooper, please don't stop me
D                         A                        D  A
Please don't you stop me, please don't you stop me
In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy,
      D                  A
Radio relay towers gonna lead me to my baby
Radio's jammed up with talk show stations
          D                                A
It's just talk, talk, talk, talk, till you lose your patience
                      D                 A  
Mister state trooper, please don't stop me
         D  A
Oh, Oooh oh
Aint somebody out there, listen to my last prayer
D                A                    
Hiho silver-o, deliver me from nowhere
    D
Oh, Ooh

 

Used Cars
Tom: D
Intro:  D
 
D                                            G         D
My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone
                                  A    D
My Ma's in the black seat sitting all alone
                             G      D
As my Pa steers her slow out of the lot 
      A                    D
For a test drive down Michigan Avenue
                            G       D
Now, my Ma, she fingers her wedding band
                                     A         D
And watches the salesman stare at my old man's hands
He's telling us all about the break he'd give us 
      G                  D
If he could, but he just can't
                 A                   D
Well if I could, I swear I know just what I'd do
CHORUS 1:
     G
Now, mister, the day the lottery I win I ain't 
D                          A    D
Ever gonna ride in no used car again
                             G        D
Now, the neighbors come from near and far
                           A        D
As we pull up in our brand new used car
                                 G         D
I wish he'd just hit the gas and let out a cry 
                 A                 D
And tell 'em all they can kiss our asses goodbye
HARMONICA:  G  A
        D                           G          D
My dad, he sweats the same job from mornin' to morn
                                                A     D
Me, I walk home on the same dirty streets where I was born
Up the block I can hear my little sister in the 
      G                 D
Front seat blowing that horn
           A                     D
The sounds echoing all down Michigan Avenue
CHORUS 2:
     G
Now, mister, the day my numbers comes in I ain't 
D                          A    D
Ever gonna ride in no used car again
HARMONICA OUTRO:  G  D  A  D
                  G  D  A  D  A  D
Open all Night 
Tom: F# 
Intro:  F#
Well, I had the carburettor, baby, cleaned and checked 
With her line blown out she's humming like a turbojet
            B
Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks 
      F#
For a new clutch plate and a new set of shocks
         C#
Took her down to the carwash, check the plugs and points
          F#
Well, I'm going out tonight I'm gonna rock that joint
Early North Jersey industrial skyline 
I'm a all-set cobra jet creeping through the nighttime
B
Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a payphone 
     F#
This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone
C#
Gotta hit the gas, baby, I'm running late
         F#
This New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape
BREAK:  B  C#
         F#
Now, the boss don't dig me, so he put me on the nightshift
Takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives
       B
In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy 
      F#
Radio relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby?
C#
Underneath the overpass, trooper hits his party light switch
F#
Goodnight good luck one two power shift
I met Wanda when she was employed behind the counter at route 60 
          B
Bob's Big Boy Fried Chicken on the front seat, she's sitting in my lap
      F#
We're wiping our fingers on a Texaco roadmap
C#                                                F#
I remember Wanda up on scrap metal hill with them big brown eyes 
That make your heart stand still
BREAK:  B  C#
         F#
Well, at five AM oil pressure's sinking fast
I make a pit stop, wipe the windshield, check the gas
B
Gotta call my baby on the telephone
        F#
Let her know that her daddy's coming on home
    C#
Sit tight, little mama, I'm a coming round 
      F#
I got three more hours, but I'm covering ground
Your eyes get itchy in the wee wee hours 
Sun's just a red ball rising over them refinery towers
B
Radio's jammed up with gospel stations 
F#
Lost souls calling long distance salvation
C#
Hey, mister DJ, wont ya hear my last prayer 
F#
Hey, ho, rock'n'roll, deliver me from nowhere
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle
B
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle

 

My Father`s House 
Tom: G
Intro:  D  A  D
                    G             D
Last night I dreamed that I was a child 
                                  A
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
      D         G                        D
I was trying to make it home through the forest 
              A       D
Before the d..arkness falls
                         G            D
I heard the wind rustling through the trees 
                                 A
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
                    D       G                 D
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
              A               D
With the devil snappin' at my heels
                             G             D
I broke through the trees and there in the night
                                         A
My father's house stood shining hard and bright 
                 D        G                             D
The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
                       A              D
But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms
HARMONICA:  D  A  D
                                G                      D
I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
                                                 A
Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts
      D                    G           D                   
I got dressed, and to that house I did ride 
                                      A                  D
From out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light
                         G             D
I walked up the steps and stood on the porch 
                                                                  A
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
              D    G                 D
I told her my story and who I'd come for
                                            A                  D
She said I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore
HARMONICA:  G  D  A  D
            G  D  A  D
                       G          D
My father's house shines hard and bright 
                                          A
It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
            D      G             D
Calling and calling so cold and alone
                                           A           D
Shining across this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned
Reason to Believe 
Tom: B
Intro:  F#
                                           B            F#
Seen a man standing over a dead dog by the highway in a ditch
                                                       C#
He's looking down kinda puzzled poking that dog with a stick
                 F#              B                        F#
Got his car door flung open he's standin' out on highway 31
                       B     F#         C#               F#
Like if he stood there long enough that dog'd get up and run
                B    F#          C#           F#
Struck me kinda funny seem kinda funny sir to me
                          B    F#         C#                    F#
Still at the end of every hard day people find some reason to believe
                                      B        F#
Now Mary Lou loved Johnny with a love mean and true
                                                                     C#
She said baby I'll work for you every day and bring my money home to you
                  F#      B               F#
One day he up and left her and ever since that
                                  B    F#   C#                       F#
She waits down at the end of that dirt road for young Johnny to come back
                B    F#              C#           F#
Struck me kinda funny seemed kind of funny yeah indeed
                        B           F#         C#                    F#
How at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
HARMONICA:  B  C#  F#
            B  C#  F#
                         B                        F#
Take a baby to the river Kyle William they called him
                                                   C#
Wash the baby in the water take away little Kyle's sin
                   F#        B                  F#             
In a whitewash shotgun shack an old man passes away 
                     B    F#  C#             F#
Take his body to the graveyard over him they pray 
               B    F#          C#           F#
Lord won't you tell us, tell us what does it mean
                    B           F#         C#                    F#
At the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
                     B                F#
Congregation gathers down by the riverside
                                                            C#
Preacher stands with his Bible groom stands waiting for his bride
             F#                  B                     F#
Congregation gone the sun sets behind a weeping willow tree
              C#                                              F#
Groom stands alone and watches the river rush on so effortlessly
B     F#        C#           F#
Wondering where can his baby be 
                          B           F#         C#                    F#
Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
HARMONICA OUTRO:  B  F#  C#  F#
                  B  F#  C#  F#
Thunder Road
Tom: F
Intro:  F  Dm  F  Bb  F  Am  Bb  C
    F                Bb       F
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
                         C                       Bb
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
                             C
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
           F                  Bb
Hey that's me and I want you only
                            F                 C
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
       F                       Bb                     F
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
     C                    Bb
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
                                          C
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
            F                        Bb
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
       F                 C
Oh and it's alright with me
        F                          Dm
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
     F                               Bb
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
 F                 Am
Waste your summer praying in vain 
       Bb                         C
For a saviour to rise from these streets
             F                     Dm
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
         F                                Bb
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
        F                Am
With a chance to make it good somehow
     Bb                 C
Hey what else can we do now?
        F                       Bb                F             Bb F
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
      Am                     Bb
These two lanes will take us anywhere
                                  C
We got one last chance to make it real
    F                            Bb
To trade in these wings on some wheels
              F                     C
Climb in back heaven's waiting down on the tracks
  F         Dm
Oh oh come take my hand
       F                     Bb
We’re riding out tonight to case the promised land
F        Am               Bb               C
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
F                      Dm
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
    F                   Bb
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
F        Am                   Bb         C             F
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road
F    Am Bb                    C                      F   
Well I  got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
       Dm                                          Bb   C
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
          Bb                      C
From your front porch to my front seat
           Am                         Dm
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
    Bb            Bb/A                  Gm      F
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
      C              Bb            Am             Gm
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
           F                     Bb               F        Bb F
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
       Am                 Bb
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
                                      C
They scream your name at night in the street
                 F                         Bb
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet and in the
Am                                     Bb
Lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on but when you 
Gm                       C           Bb                 Gm
Get to the porch they're gone on the wind so Mary climb in
       Bb                          C                      F
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
OUTRO:  F  C  F  Bb  F  C  Bb  C
        F  C  F  Bb  F  C  Bb Bb/A Gm F C Bb Am Gm....until fade        

 

Tenth Avenue Freeze Out 
Tom: F
Intro:  D9  Dm  C9  C  Bbsus2  Bb
        F  Dm  F  Dm  F  Dm  F  Dm
        F  Dm  F  Dm  F  Dm  F  Dm
F             Dm
Tear drops on the city
    F                 Dm      F     Dm  F
Bad Scooter searching for his groove
Dm            Bb                  Gm
Seem like the whole world walking pretty
        Bb             Gm      F   Dm  F  Dm
And you can't find the room to move
          C
Well everybody better move over, that's all
          Bb
Cause I'm running on the bad side and I got my back to the wall
CHORUS 1:
F     Dm     F         Dm
Tenth Avenue freeze out
F     Dm     F         Dm
Tenth Avenue freeze out
           F               Dm
Well I was stranded in the jungle
          F               Dm            F     Dm  F  Dm
Trying to take in all the heat they was giving
         Bb                    Gm
Till the night is dark but the sidewalk's bright
    Bb             Gm           F     Dm  F  Dm
And lined with the light of the living
       C
From a tenement window a transistor blasts
                Bb
Turn around the corner things got real quiet real fast I walked into a 
CHORUS 2
        D9 Dm   C9 C            Bbsus2 Bb      Bb  Bb/A   Bb      Bb/A Bb/G Bb
And I'm al...l alo..ne, I'm all alo....ne, and kid you better get the  pic..ture
        D9 Dm    C9  C            Bbsus2 Bb
And I'm o...n my ow..n, I'm on my ow......n
C
And I can't go home
PRE-VERSE:  F  Dm  F  Dm  F  Dm  F  Dm
         F                 Dm
When the change was made uptown
        F       Dm         F   Dm  F  Dm
And the Big Man joined the band
         Bb               Gm
From the coastline to the city
        Bb              Gm          F    Dm  F  Dm
All the little pretties raise their hands
          C
I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh
     Bb                                F
When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half with a...
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4...repeat and fade

 

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