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