Chords
[Intro]
C Csus4 C Csus4
C Csus4
[Verse 1]
C They're Csus4sellingC postcards of the hanging
TheyF're painting the passports brown C
The Gbeauty parlor is filled with sailors
F The circus is in town C
Here comes the blind commissioner
They'veF got him in a trance C
One handG is tied to the tightrope walker
F The other is in his pants C
And the Friot squad, they're restless
TheyC need somewhere to Fgo
AsC Lady and I look Gout tonight
FromF Desolation CRow Csus4 C Csus4
[Verse 2]
C Cinderella, she seems so easy
"ItF takes one to know one," she Csmiles
And Gputs her hands in her back pockets
F Bette Davis style C
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning
'You BeFlong to Me, I Believe" C
And Gsomeone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend
F You'd better leave" C
And the Fonly sound thatâs left
CAfter the ambulances Fgo
IsC Cinderella Gsweeping up
OnF Desolation CRow Csus4 C Csus4
[Verse 3]
C Csus4 Now the Cmoon is almost hidden
The Fstars are beginning to Chide
The Gfortunetelling lady
Has eFven taken all her things inCside
All except for Cain and Abel
And the Fhunchback of Notre Dame C
GEverybody is making love
Or elseF expecting rain C
And the FGood Samaritan, he's dressing
He's getting Cready for the show F
He's Cgoing to the carGnival tonight
OnF Desolation CRow Csus4 C Csus4
[Verse 4]
C Csus4 OCphelia, she's 'neath the window
ForF her I feel so afCraid
On herG twentysecond birthday
She alFready is an old maid C
To her, death is quite romantic
She Fwears an iron vest C
Her proGfession's her religion
Her Fsin is her lifelessCness
And Fthough her eyes are fixed upon
CNoah's great rainFbow
SheC spends her time Gpeeking
Into FDesolation CRow Csus4 C Csus4
[Verse 5]
C Csus4 EinCstein, disguised as Robin Hood
With his Fmemories in a trunk C
GPassed this way an hour ago
With his Ffriend, a jealous monk C
Now he looked so immaculately frightful
As heF bummed a cigarette C
Then he Gwent off sniffing drainpipes
And reFciting the alphaCbet
You Fwould not think to look at him
But he wasC famous long aFgo
For Cplaying the electric Gviolin
On FDesolation CRow Csus4 C Csus4
[Verse 6]
C Doctor Filth, he keeps his world
InFside of a leather cup
C But Gall his sexless patients
They're Ftrying to blow it up
C Now his nurse, some local loser
She's inF charge of the cyanide Chole
And she Galso keeps the cards that read
"Have Fmercy on his soul" C
FThey all play on the pennywhistle
YouC can hear them blow F
If you Clean your head outG far enough
FromF Desolation CRow Csus4 C Csus4
[Verse 7]
C AcCsus4ross the Cstreet they've nailed the curtains
They're getting Fready for the feast C
The GPhantom of the Opera
In a perFfect image of a priest C
They are spoon feeding Casanova
To get Fhim to feel more asCsured
Then they'll Gkill him with selfconfidence
After Fpoisoning him with words
C And the FPhantom's shouting to skinny girls
"Get Coutta here if you donât Fknow
CasaCnova is just being puGnished for going
ToF Desolation CRow" Csus4 C Csus4
[Verse 8]
C Csus4 At midCnight all the agents
And the Fsuperhuman crew C
Come Gout and round up everyone
That knowsF more than they do C
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the Fheart attack machine
C Is Gstrapped across their shoulders
And then Fthe kerosene C
Is Fbrought down from the castles
By inCsurance men who Fgo
Check to Csee that nobody is Gescaping
To FDesolation CRow Csus4
[Verse 9]
C Csus4 Praise Cbe to Nero's Neptune
The TiFtanic sails at Cdawn
GEverybody's shouting
F"Which side are you on?" C
And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
FFighting in the captain's toCwer
WhileG calypso singers laugh at them
AndF fishermen hold floCwers
BetFween the windows of the sea
Where Clovely mermaids Fflow
And Cnobody has to Gthink too much
AboutF Desolation CRow Csus4
[Harmonica Solo]
C Csus4 C F C
G F C F
C G F C
F C F C
G F C Csus4
[Verse 10]
C Csus4 Yes, I Creceived your letter yesterday
AboutF the time the doorknob broke C
When you Gasked me how I was doing
FWas that some kinda Cjoke?
All these people that you mention
Yes, I Fknow them, they're quite lame C
I had toG rearrange their faces
And give themF all another name
C RightF now, I canât read too good
Don't send Cme no more letters, Fno
CNot unless you Gmail them
From DeFsolation CRow Csus4
[Outro]
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