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**I received my copy of Buffalo Dispatch today and will order a set of the lyrics to Mighty Joe Moon so in about a month or so the definitive version of these lyrics will be here! For the time being though, this is very much a collaborative effort so I hope it gives you a fair idea of what the hell the guy is singing!** Tune guitar down half a step for entire album (Eflat, Aflat, Dflat, Gflat, Bflat, Eflat). Lone Star Song Intro & Verse riff: E[-----------7------------------------------7------------------------] B[-------7--------10--7------7------7--------10--7--------------] G[-9b----------------------------9b---------------------9b---7---] D[--------------------------------------------------------------------] A[--------------------------------------------------------------------] E[ -------------------------------------------------------------------] Bm There's a bullet in the heart tonight E D In the heart of Texas Bm They shot it throught their own Dallasites E D We are rolling home Bm They shot the angel in mid flight E D And now she won't protect us Bm He shouted to the Fandamites E D We are westward, ho A D Hurray the holy war is ending Bm A Like in the films of Hollywood D And the angels are descending Bm F#m D Like Koresh said they would before too long F#m B Sing our lone star song They had him nailed up to a T With a T for Texas His disciples with artillery They held the fort inside And by the time the story broke Down in Dealey Plaza We already caught the smoke Read the TV guide Pray the holy war is ending Like the films of Hollywood And the choppers are descending Like Marina said they would before too long Sing our lone star song D Lone star song A D In the south, words they can't help Bm D But escape my mouth and they bring A Bm Down the house, day upon day G E Day upon day, day upon day Hurray the holy war is ending Like in the films of Hollywood And the trumpet's blast is blending With the crack of burning wood before too long Sing our lone Star song D Lone star song Lone star Outro: Bm E D **Credit is due to Shane Shepard, David Kipp and the Mulchman for helping to figure out the lyrics.** Mockingbirds A G D Devastation at last, finally we meet A G D After all of these years out here in the street A G D I had a feeling you would make yourself known A G D You came along just to claim your place on the throne Bm D Now I have been overthrown, overthrown A G F# And I thought If I toed the right lines A G F# But these mockingbirds won't let me shine Devastation my door was left open wide You brought me into your heart then you swallowed my pride I had a feeling you were hiding your thoughts I made a note to myself, I nearly forgot Now I am overwrought, I'm overwrought And I thought If I toed the right lines But these mockingbirds won't let me shine And I thought If I toed the right lines But these mockingbirds won't let me shine E A One day this ground will break E A F# B and open up for me I hope it will, I hope it will Solo: E D A E[------------------------------------------------------] B[---9--12--9s7--7--7--9--7--5-------5---------] G[--------------------------------------6--------------] E D A Salutations at last, I'm down on my knees E D A I heard the bugle this morn blast Revilie E D A Woke from a dream where I was in a terrible realm E D A All my sails were ablaze, I was chained to the helm F# A Now I am overwhelmed, I'm overwhelmed E D C# A And I thought if I toed the right lines E D C# But these mockingbirds won't let me shine A G F# And I thought If I told the right lines A G F# But these mockingbirds won't let me shine Outro solo: E[---9--12--9s7--7--7--9--7--5-------5---------] B[---------------------------------------7-------------] **Thanks to David Kipp for help with a couple of the lyrics** It’s The Life This figure is played throughout the entire song: D E[--------------2-----------2-------------------2----------2-----------] B[----------3------3-----------------------3-------3-------------------] G[------2--------------2---------------0---------------0---------------] D[---0------------------------------0------------------------------------] If the life you have created Has buried you in luxuries outdated And you ask: "What is the purpose?" Too weak to claw your way up to the surface You resent all of your trophies They belittle human spirit like a time piece That is ticking in your breast pocket And so you long to reach in and stop it Then your heart, it will be broken And every sour word that you have spoken About everybody else Will return to act upon yourself If the life you have created Is founded on jealousy and hatred It’s too late to ask questions For you’re much too old to take any suggestions It’s the life you have created It’s the life you have created It’s the life It is the life It is the life It is the life Sing Along **Of all the tracks on Mighty Joe Moon, this is the one I really struggle to figure out the lyrics to. These are more than likely way off line so please bear with me.** Intro: F#m D The little lead riff over the D chord is: E[----13--13--13--13--13--13----12--12--12--12--12--12-----] B[----13--13--13--13--13--13----12--12--12--12--12--12-----] F#m D Hallelujah, the wheel F#m D A hound’s life is for me F#m D Everything but the kitchen sink F#m D He built it just for me F#m D Hallelujah, you’re the fan F#m D That lead me to the walk F#m D I built you a river F#m D But I’m still not through with this ark A G F#m Man built a furnace D E A Mercedez Benz A G F#m D E Man built the cities of Kansas and Berlin A G F#m Man slew the bisons D E And he built a Thieves’ Road A G F#m D E That pass over Tel Aviv-Jaffa and lead to the motherlode F#m D Motherlode Hallelujah, the wheel A fool’s life is for me Steppin’ off a parapet Where they don’t live in money Hallelujah, the girl That wields it’s path through the wall I built you a hammer with a thick head and long claw Man built an empire Out of ocean and earth Man built the prisons, the Joliet, San Quentin, Levenworth And man built a market from Ohama to Rome Evil Knievel and the legacy of John Wayne Gacy, Gacy E F#m But I can sing along **A tough one. The best suggestion so far is "There ain't nobody home", which came from Joe Billmaier and someone else suggested "Bury my body there".** E F#m A But I can sing along, sing along E F#m But I can sing along E F#m A But I can sing along, sing along, sing along E F#m Man built a furnace E A A Mercedez Benz E F#m C# E Man built the cities of Kansas and Berlin **Thanks to Dee Oneil for pointing out my glaring error i.e the 'legacy of John Wayne Gacey" bit and Benjy Mokotoff for 'Mercedez Benz' and 'slew'!** Mighty Joe Moon E Am D Have you been to the Cumberland Gap, oh no E Am D Fix your eyes on the green of the map, oh no E Am D C A Where the Appalachians rise, oh no, oh no E Am D Have you tasted the finest of trout, oh no E Am D Have you sleep in a log-burning house, oh no E Am D C A With your feet flopping over the couch oh no oh no C F#m C But Mighty Joe Moon there is no controlling him C F#m C Drive off the bridge if you choose to swim C F#m C Mighty Joe Moon can't prevent what is heaven sent F#m C Joe can't control where his money goes A He’s Mighty Joe E Am D Have you been to the Cumberland Gap oh no E Am D C A The air is sweeter than oranges there oh no oh no **Thanks to Jeff for a couple of the lyrics and the A chord.** Demon Called Deception Bm A G Em I’m in tight with a demon called Deception Bm A G Em It’s alright, he’s a-treatin’ me quite well Bm A G Em I’m in tight with a demon called Deception Bm A G Em He’s right beside me when I fell To whisper words like, brother, nothin’ here is any good See the birds, they’re a-dropping like a star Wormwood And all I wanted was a little patch of green We were peasants, and the cotton was our king And in the fields, how I sing a prisoner’s song Well, Deception whistles right along, right along Bm A G Em John, he sang for a pocket full of pills When Deception was a-clicking his high-heels We’re in tight, playin’ seven one night stands And Deception made me as I am As I am As I am As I am As I am Tight, and we’re tight and we’re tight, and we’re... D G Truth is low and tired Em D I barely saw the light D G And just as they came clean Em D G F#m Em Something saved my skin, something saved my skin Lady Godiva And Me Intro: D D G G D A G She rides un-cloaked through the streets of Coventry D A G Upon a great cock horse, hair to her knees D A G I wore a minotaur’s mask and I blame ‘em on cow D A G I was the last to see her anyhow Dm G F No one’s gonna lay eyes to see Dm G F Lady Godiva and me Peeping Tom watched the whole thing from the side lines ‘Til the Peeping Tom’s peepin’ had stricken poor Peeping Tom blind Even those things that we know can be seen with two eyes All those who look her over are surely to die No one’s gonna lay eyes to see Lady Godiva and me Heavier bit: D C F D C F Bullet all the things of your hardened youth D C F Harder than you wanted to be D C F Bury my bones in the stinking sands D C F To save her for the world to see D C F I’ve got the mean streak D C F I’ve got the mean streak Bridge: Em F G A G Em Em F G F D The crook's in town ???????? Thing's he's saying I can't repeat When you're walking down there, down there Dm G F No one’s gonna lay eyes to see Dm G F Lady Godiva and me Drag Intro: E C#m E C#m Shoot that cannonball into my wings E C#m Shoot that cannonball into my wings A Into my wings D ??????????? E You better tell me sweet things Unload your pretty head into my ???? Unload your pretty head into my ???? A Isn’t it quaint? D Isn’t it queer? E C E C You better drag me back here, here Solo: D[-----------2-------------2------2--4--6b---] A[---2--4------4--2--4------4----------------] E[------------------------------------------------] Sing Van Morrison: "Would you kiss a-my eyes?" Sing Van Morrison: "Would you kiss a-my eyes?" Singing it low, singing it high Would you kiss my eye? My eyes B Turn me on my ear A E C When you drag me right back here, here E C E C You drag me back here, you drag me back here E C E C You drag me back, j-j-just drag me back here E C#m E C#m E C Last Days of Tecumseh In the last days of Tecumseh, there in the end There were rumours of invasions and even talk of spacemen But he couldn’t believe all that he knew would fade In the ground, below the airplanes, Tecumseh laid Happiness Intro: F C G D F C Never mind me ‘cause I’ve been dead G D F Out of my body, been out of my head C Never mind the songs they hum D G F Don’t wanna sing along with nothin’ that I said Am Bm Let him bring you happiness, happiness F C D It’s hard to come by, I confess Am Bm I’m better at this than happiness, F C G Am D F If you find it, share it with the rest of us Never mind the words that came Out of my mouth when all I could feel was pain The difference in the two of us Comes down to the way you rise over things I just put down Let him bring you happiness, happiness It’s hard to come by, I confess I’m better at this than, happiness If you find it share it with the rest of us, the rest of us Never mind me ‘cause I’ve been dead Out of my body, been out of my head Never mind the curse of war Proud like a badge that just don’t shine no more Am Bm Let him bring you happiness, happiness F C D Hard to come by, I confess Am Bm I’m better at this than happiness, F C G Am D F C G Am If you find it, share it with the rest of us **Thanks to David Kipp for help with the chorus and the songs they 'hum'.** Honey Don’t Think Intro & Verse riff: E[--0---0---0---0--------3---3---------------------0---0---0---0-------0---0-----3---3---] B[--1---1---1---1--------3---3---------------------1---1---1---1-------0---0-----3---3---] G[--2---0---0--h2p0----0---0--------------------2---0---0--h2p0---0---0-----0---0---] D[--3---3---3---3--------0---0------------0-------3---3---3---3-------2---2-----0---0---] A[--0---0---0---0--------2---2------2h3----------0---0---0---0-------2---2-----2---2---] E[--------------------------3---3--------------------------------------------0---0---------------] F G It’s the luck of the draw F Em How you wound up with me G F I don’t know how at all G But I beg you to stay F Em Crawl around on this earth G C Well, the world’s too small G F Honey, don’t think about it too long, now C G F G Honey, don’t think you’re liable to figure me out Something wrong with my stars Could you look at my chart And help me heal these scars? Could you learn to read minds? Or, in the case of the blind Could you read in the dark? G F Honey, don’t think about it too long, now C G F G Honey, don’t think you’re liable to figure me out F Don’t want to figure me out Em Don’t wanna lose Side By Side Intro: E C#m E C#m then: B[---5--5--5--5--7b--5--] E C#m E C#m The fear of falling, a fear that I could E C#m E C#m From a place high above my stars, well, I would E C#m E C#m Be a liar to say "I’m not scared anymore." E C#m E C#m With a fear of falling on down to the floor A To the floor G A Release the have-nots and the haves to life G A But tablescraps and lantern light G And on this spot A G E At last tonight, side by side by side The fear of losing this war is enough But then I hold my head ????? in my gloves And I wait for this stone age to slow to a stop But I fear that we’re nowhere near to a crawl, to a crawl E A G E A G I gotta tell you there’s descension in the souplines for they don’t have much to show E A G But if you don’t believe you’re standing on a landmine F# A F# A E You’ll just have to wait ‘til it blows, you’ll just have to wait ‘til it blows, blows A To the floor El Dorado Motorhome **The unlisted insturmental** It’s just: G and D Rock of Ages Intro: G D C Am G D C Rock of ages, I am tumbling down Am G Where the roots of trees embrace you, I do fall D C Am Upon my knees and ask you how you can just sit there and be G D C Rock of ages, I am crumbling now Am G In an avalanche, I’m reaching for the rock of ages D Am C Rock of ages Solo: E[--------------------------------------------------------------------7-----] B[------------------------------------------------------------3-------------] G[-----------------------------------------------------2--4-----4---------] D[---5--5s7--7s9--9--7--5--7--5------2s4s5-----------------------] A[----------------------------------------7---------------------------------] E[--------------------------------------------------------------------------] Father, oh, I have stepped beyond my bounds And the pack I wear, it weighs a thousand pounds It drags me down, making anything crazy Oh, now rock of ages I have gone astray I heard my brother call and I turned the other way Now I’m ashamed to face him Oh, now rock of ages, rock of ages Oh, now rock of ages, rock of ages Reach for the rock of ages, rock of ages In the avalanche, in the avalanche Heavy rock, and I reach for the rock, I reach for the rock In the avalanche that falls Oh, I reach for the rock and I reach for the rock, In the avalanche, in the avalanche Heavy rock, heavy rock, such a heavy rock