You Know Its Dark When Atheists Start To Pray chords

[VERSE]

[Am]Joey was a man from the other side
[G]Came across the sea for a better life
[F]When he got close they made him change his [E]name

[Am]Push along a cart through the market place
[G]Keep it in your heart when you're getting spades
[F]But that was so many years [E]ago

[PRE-CHORUS]

[C]I lived in many places, [F]I've fallen out of graces
[C]I tried to feed the fire for so [G]long

[CHORUS]

[C]Hey man, where you going
[F]Up town the river's rolling
[C]The sun comes, [G]I'll be on my [C]way

[VERSE]

[Am]A Nietzsche mustache and a peasant's hat
[G]Five hungry kids in a water flat
[F]Maybe I'll make a little more [E]today

[Am]A new world dream and some old school pride
[G]He couldn't make a meet so he took his life
[C]I saw a photograph and made memories in my [E]mind

[PRE-CHORUS]

[C]I've fallen out of graces, [F]I've ran so many races
[C]I tried to breathe the fire for so [G]long

[CHORUS]

[C]Hey man, where you going
[F]Up town the river's rolling
[C]The sun comes, [G]I'll be on my [C]way

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[VERSE]

[C]Well he was on the blacklist in '53
[F]And he talked about the conspiracy
[Am]He said the next war is gonna blow us all [G]away

[C]I played in churches and I prayed in bars
[F]A young kid with a sad guitar
[Am]To get close I had to go far [G]away

[C]Well I became a drifter
[F]Sent postcards to my sister
[Am]And I can hear her smile even when I'm far [G]away

[CHORUS]

[C]Hey man, where you going
[F]Up town the river's rolling
[C]The sun comes, [G]I'll be on my [C]way

[VERSE]

[C]Well I drank with kings and danced with whores
[F]On mountain tops and distant shores
[Am]But you made me feel like someone I wished to [G]be

[C]I tried to wear my father's clothes
[F]I planted seeds that didn't grow
[Am]With a handful of thorns I thought that I was [G]free

[C]Worked in a bank, drove a diesel van
[F]Even Sonny Wortzik had a plan
[Am]Do your time and get out of [G]society

[CHORUS]

[C]Hey man, where you going
[F]Up town the river's rolling
[C]The sun comes, [G]I'll be on my [C]way

[VERSE]

[C]Now you're sitting in an office, you've never seen the world
[F]Gonna blame it on the government or a girl
[Am]But there's somewhere else you know you'd rather [G]be

[C]Scratching off the numbers in a liquor store
[F]Dreaming of picking up a '44
[Am]Tell me more about your [G]fantasy

[CHORUS]

[C]Hey man, where you going
[F]Up town the river's rolling
[C]The sun comes, [G]I'll be on my [C]way

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[VERSE]

[C]From Spanish Harlem to Ditmas Park
[F]A lonely game of court and spark
[Am]I wrote a song, I figured it's the only [G]way

[C]And the girls from school all married stiffs
[F]With a flat screen and couple kids
[Am]And they say a prayer in their own little [G]way

[C]Well a friend of mine became a priest
[F]And we lost another in the Middle East
[Am]Well, you know it's dark when atheists start to [G]pray

[CHORUS]

[C]Hey man, where you going
[F]Up town the river's rolling
[C]The sun comes, [G]I'll be on my [C]way

[VERSE]

[C]Boxes in the corner neatly stacked
[F]Parts of me, paper and wax
[Am]For a headline day to ride in that [G]Cadillac

[C]And when it's over and I've had my fill
[F]They're gonna put my body up on Cypress Hill
[Am]Near Houdini for the final disappearing [G]act

[CHORUS]

[C]Hey man, where you going
[F]Up town the river's rolling
[C]The sun comes, [G]I'll be on my [C]way

[C]Hey man, whatcha doing
[F]All along the road to ruin
[C]You know it's dark when [G]Atheists start to [G]pray

[VERSE]

[F]From the fox [C]holes to the [G]quarter
[C]Got your [F]mojo [C]workin'
[G]Or whatever you [C]believe in[F] , all your [C]voodoo
[G]Well, the river runs [C]deep and the [F]river runs [C]wide

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