Key: E
Introduction:
E A
I run a lot of miles of life and crime
Of mountain climbs and quittin' times
C#m
Packing that load of lyin' rhymes
B
And tired jokes and wooden dimes
A C#m B
I've been everybody's friend, everybody's friend
verse 2
E A
I could lose my house, I could steal a car
I could serve two masters, living hard
C#m
Living like a dog in a cage in a yard
A
With a fist full of cold hard cash and I can't let go
C#m B
The devil can't have my soul, the devil can't get your soul
A
The devil can't get your soul
E A
Hold out your hand
C#m
Take hold of mine now
B E/F#
Round and round we go
A
Don't you wanna dance
C#m
I'm a dying man
B
From the moment we began
E
Hold out your hand
A
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
C#m
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
B
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
verse 3
E
The hand comes around and the trumpet sounds
A
And his number calls and the moment he falls
B
And the haunted halls of man he will understand
A C#m
He will comprehend, he will not pretend
B
He will not pretend
verse 4
E A
When the rain don't fall and the river don't run
And the wind takes orders from the blazing sun
C#m
The devil don't break with a fiery snake
A
And you handled about goddamn much as you can take
C#m B
The devil don't take a break, the devil don't take a break
A
The devil don't take no break
E A
Hold out your hand
C#m
Take hold of mine now
B E
Round and round we go
A
Don't you wanna dance
C#m
I'm a dying man
B
From the moment we began
E
Hold out your hand
A
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
C#m
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
B
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
Bridge
E
Well he came to my door to sell me the fear
With some cameras and bullets and tension and
C#m
Here is a license for killing your own native son
A
For a careless mistake and a fake plastic gun?
C#m B A B
(Come on!)
E
Deliver your brother from violence and greed
A
For the mountains, lay down for your faith like a seed
C#m
A morning is coming of silver and light
A
There will be color and language and nobody wanting to fight
C#m
What a glorious sight!
B
What a glorious sight!
E A
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
C#m
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
B
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
E A
Hold out your hand
C#m
Take hold of mine now
B E
Round and round we go
A
Don't you wanna dance
C#m
I'm a dying man
B
From the moment we began
E
Hold out your hand
A
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
C#m
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
B
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
E