City In A Bottle Chords & Lyrics - Shakey Graves

capo or with barre chords if you want.

(The Am-C progression in the verses is played with Am for three bars and C for one)

[VERSE 1]

Well the cold[E] has a hard tim[B7]e finding me[Am] [C]
[E]Unlike some f[B7]olks I know [Am] [C]
Yeah[E] all the men [B7]down in union sq[Am]uare [C]
Are [E]worried about[B7] the snow [Am]

[Am]When your pockets fill
[C]With dollar bills
[Am]Your heart forgets to eat [C]
Its a wic[E]ked thing [B7]
It owns this street[E]

[CHORUS]

Yeah fix [E]your boots or take me home says quick monique the freak [Am] [C] [Am] [C]
I need an[E] easy dollar are you trick or are you treat [Am] [C] [Am] [C]
Well if she[E] was six teeth younger and if i had half a mind
I’d carry her away from that wicked[B7] thing outside [E]

[VERSE 2]

Well i sa[E]w a carried b[B7]undle [Am] [C]
that has[E] fingers eyes[B7] and toes [Am] [C]
As a f[E]ather of de[B7]ception [Am] [C]
i hav[E]e never rai[B7]sed a soul [Am]

It's a p[Am]urchase captured second hand[C] and cherished more than[Am] gold [C]
It's a s[E]helter from that wicked thing that wanders in the night [B7] [E]

[CHORUS]

Yeah fix [E]your boots or take me home says quick monique the freak [Am] [C] [Am] [C]
I need an[E] easy dollar are you trick or are you treat [Am] [C] [Am] [C]
Well if she[E] was six teeth younger and if i had half a mind
I'd carry her away from that wicked thing ou[B7]tside [E]

The wa[Am]ter on the dirty[C] streets has all but tur[Am]ned to ice [C]
To pa[E]ve the road for wicked things that wander in the night [B7] [E]