[Am]This one\'s for the shoeshine boy
And the farmer in debt
[Am]Each string is barbed wire
Each chord is a threat
[G]This blues guy I met
That never had a hit
[Am]Said you don\'t gotta be loud, son
To be heavy as shit
[Am]Well I\'m the triggerman, baby
And tonight I\'ll prove
[Am]That this machine here
Well it kills fascists too
[G]And don\'t be surprised
If the sermon on the mount
[Am]Next time is delivered
In a little coffee house
[Dm]Cause somebody here\'s
Gotta let them know
[Am]I doubt it\'s me
But here I go
[Dm]I hit the button
Tape started to roll
[Am]The song\'s got fire
[G]But it\'s got no soul
[C]There\'s a lonely [Am]stretch of [G]blacktop
[G]Between here and [Am]home
[C]Drop down into the[G] , [Ami]valley
[G]Piano playin\' in the[Am] living room
[F]And when you see the[Am] white barn
[G]You\'ll know the journey\'s[Am] through
[C]My dog\'s barking[G] in the back[Am]seat
[G]Cause he knows it[Am] too
[Dmi] , [C] , [G]
[Am]You\'ll need a fake passport
And fix your disguise
And don\'t fire, sugar
Til you see the whites of their eyes
[G]I turned the other cheek
But now I\'m through
[Am]The skin you\'re in
Makes choices for you
[Dm]I was checking off names
And I came late to dinner
[Am]Seems the slices of pie
Keep getting thinner and thinner
[G]Brothers and sisters
Rejoice and repent
[Am]The landlord\'s dead
You can keep the rent
[Dm]You got twelve fine friends
But one of \'em\'s rotten
[Am]There\'s a hole out back
Ain\'t got no bottom
[Dm]Forty days in the wilderness
Forty sleepless nights
[Am]I\'m confused, half blind
[G]And sure I\'m right
There\'s a lonely stretch of blacktop
Between here and home
Drop down into the valley
Piano playin\' in the living room
And when you see the white barn
You\'ll know the journey\'s through
My dog\'s barking in the backseat
Cause he knows it too
[Dm]Officer please
I won\'t be long
[Am]Called the radio station
Requested this song
[Dm]I had my doubts
About what I knew
[Am]So I turned it up
[G]Then it sounded true
[Am]Kiss the ring
If the Queen will let you
But come over the fence
And the dogs will get you
[G]On a rope hung the traitor
On a hook hung the meat
[Am]You and me are missing persons
Til we\'re [C]counted in the[G] streets
[Am]So seize the time
And storm the tower
[G]And come correct
[Am]With Maximum Firepower
For the sins of the fathers
The son he must pay
The Nightwatchman giveth
And he ta[C]keth a[G]way
[Dm]Thought hard about this next line
Pretty sure it\'s true
[Am]If you take a step towards freedom
It\'ll take two steps towards you
[Dm]So mister I ain\'t scared
And mister I ain\'t worried
[Am]Cause on that lonely stre[G]tch of blacktop
I sit as judge and jury
There\'s a lonely stretch of blacktop
Between here and home
Drop down into the valley
Piano playin\' in the living room
And when you see the white barn
You know the journey\'s through
My dog\'s barking in the backseat
Cause he knows it too
[Am]The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
[G]You\'ve got three more seconds
To choose si[Am]des
And the farmer in debt
[Am]Each string is barbed wire
Each chord is a threat
[G]This blues guy I met
That never had a hit
[Am]Said you don\'t gotta be loud, son
To be heavy as shit
[Am]Well I\'m the triggerman, baby
And tonight I\'ll prove
[Am]That this machine here
Well it kills fascists too
[G]And don\'t be surprised
If the sermon on the mount
[Am]Next time is delivered
In a little coffee house
[Dm]Cause somebody here\'s
Gotta let them know
[Am]I doubt it\'s me
But here I go
[Dm]I hit the button
Tape started to roll
[Am]The song\'s got fire
[G]But it\'s got no soul
[C]There\'s a lonely [Am]stretch of [G]blacktop
[G]Between here and [Am]home
[C]Drop down into the[G] , [Ami]valley
[G]Piano playin\' in the[Am] living room
[F]And when you see the[Am] white barn
[G]You\'ll know the journey\'s[Am] through
[C]My dog\'s barking[G] in the back[Am]seat
[G]Cause he knows it[Am] too
[Dmi] , [C] , [G]
[Am]You\'ll need a fake passport
And fix your disguise
And don\'t fire, sugar
Til you see the whites of their eyes
[G]I turned the other cheek
But now I\'m through
[Am]The skin you\'re in
Makes choices for you
[Dm]I was checking off names
And I came late to dinner
[Am]Seems the slices of pie
Keep getting thinner and thinner
[G]Brothers and sisters
Rejoice and repent
[Am]The landlord\'s dead
You can keep the rent
[Dm]You got twelve fine friends
But one of \'em\'s rotten
[Am]There\'s a hole out back
Ain\'t got no bottom
[Dm]Forty days in the wilderness
Forty sleepless nights
[Am]I\'m confused, half blind
[G]And sure I\'m right
There\'s a lonely stretch of blacktop
Between here and home
Drop down into the valley
Piano playin\' in the living room
And when you see the white barn
You\'ll know the journey\'s through
My dog\'s barking in the backseat
Cause he knows it too
[Dm]Officer please
I won\'t be long
[Am]Called the radio station
Requested this song
[Dm]I had my doubts
About what I knew
[Am]So I turned it up
[G]Then it sounded true
[Am]Kiss the ring
If the Queen will let you
But come over the fence
And the dogs will get you
[G]On a rope hung the traitor
On a hook hung the meat
[Am]You and me are missing persons
Til we\'re [C]counted in the[G] streets
[Am]So seize the time
And storm the tower
[G]And come correct
[Am]With Maximum Firepower
For the sins of the fathers
The son he must pay
The Nightwatchman giveth
And he ta[C]keth a[G]way
[Dm]Thought hard about this next line
Pretty sure it\'s true
[Am]If you take a step towards freedom
It\'ll take two steps towards you
[Dm]So mister I ain\'t scared
And mister I ain\'t worried
[Am]Cause on that lonely stre[G]tch of blacktop
I sit as judge and jury
There\'s a lonely stretch of blacktop
Between here and home
Drop down into the valley
Piano playin\' in the living room
And when you see the white barn
You know the journey\'s through
My dog\'s barking in the backseat
Cause he knows it too
[Am]The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
[G]You\'ve got three more seconds
To choose si[Am]des
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