Chords
[Intro]
C7#9
[Verse 1]
Am7 While the music played you woG6rked by candlelight
Those F9San Francisco nights
You were the be[Bb9add13]st in town
Am7 Just by chance you crossed the diG6amond with the pearl
You F9turned it on the world
That's when you tu[Bb9add13]rned the world around
[Pre-Chorus]
F Did you Gfeel like JeAm7sus? G6
Did you realiDm7ze Dm/F
That you were a chaEmmpion in their Fmaj7eyes? Em7 Dm7 C7#9
[Verse 2]
Am7 On the hill the stuff was laG6ced with kerosene
But F9yours was kitchen clean
Everyone [Bb9add13]stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home
Am7 Every AFrame had your nuG6mber on the wall
You F9must have had it all
You'd go to L.Bb9add13A. on a dare
And you'd go it aloFne
[Pre-Chorus]
Could you Glive foreAm7ver? G6
Could you see the daDm7y? Dm/F
Could you feel your whoEmle world fall apartFmaj7 and Em7fade aDm7way?
[Chorus]
Dm7 Get aEm7long
Dm7 Get aEm7long, Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Get aEm7long, Kid CharlemaF7gne G7 C7#9
[Verse 3]
Am7 Now your patrons have all leG6ft you in the red
Your lowF9 rent friends are dead
This life can be[Bb9add13] very strange
Am7 All those DayGlo freaks who uG6sed to paint the face
They've F9joined the human race
Some things [Bb9add13]will never change
[Pre-Chorus]
F Son, you Gwere mistaAm7ken G6
You are obsoDm7lete Dm/F
Look at all the whiEmte men on the streeFmaj7t Em7 Dm7 GeDm7t alEm7ong
[Chorus]
Dm7 Get aEm7long, Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Get aEm7long, Kid CharlemaF7gne G7 C7#9
[Solo]
[Em7b5] A7 Dm7 B7 E7 Am7 G6
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 B7 Em7 D6
Cmaj7 Em7 Bm7/E Am7 G6
F9 [Bb9add13] F G Am7 G6
Dm7 Dm/F Em Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
[Bridge]
C7#9
[Verse 4]
Am7 Clean this mess up else we'll aG6ll end up in jail
Those teF9st tubes and the scale
Just get them all [Bb9add13]out of here
Am7 Is there gas in the car
G6 Yes, there's gas in the caF9r
I think the peo[Bb9add13]ple down the hall
Know who you are
[Pre-Chorus]
F Careful Gwhat you caAm7rry G6
'Cause the man is Dm7wise Dm/F
You are still an ouEmtlaw in their Fmaj7eyes Em7 Dm7 Dm7 Get aEm7long
[Chorus]
Dm7 Get aEm7long, Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Get aEm7long, Kid CharlemaF7gne. G7 C7#9
[Outro]
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
[(Fade out)]
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
