Key: A
Introduction:
G G/F C
Devastation at last finally we meet
G G/F C
After all of these years out here on the street
G G/F C
I had a feeling you would make yourself known
G G/F C
You came along just to claim your place on the throne
A2
And I have been overthrown
C7M
Overthrown
G G/F Em
And I thought if I towed the right lines
Eº G G/F Em A7 C
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
G G/F C
Devastation my door was left open wide
G G/F C
You brought me into your heart then you swallowed my pride
G G/F C
I had a feeling you were hiding your thoughts
G G/F C
I made a note to myself I nearly forgot
A7
Now I am overwrought
C
I'm overwrought
G G/F Em
And I thought if I towed the right lines
Eº G G/F Em A7 C
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
G G/F Em
And I thought if I towed the right lines
Eº G G/F Em A7 Eº
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
D Gm6
One day this ground will break
D G Em A
And open up for me I hope it will I hope it will (the last word start the Solo)
D C2 G
Salutations at last down on my knees
D C2 G
I heard the bugle this morn blast reveille
D C2 G
Woke from a dream where I was in a terrible realm
D C2 G
All my sails were ablaze I was chained to the helm
E
And now I am overwhelmed
G
I'm overwhelmed
D C2 Bm
And I thought if I towed the right lines
B° D C2 Bm A7 C
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
G G/F Em
And I thought if I towed the right lines
Eº G G/F Em A7 Eº
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
G G/F Em
And I thought if I towed the right lines (devastation at last)
Eº G G/F Em A7 Eº
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
G G/F Em
And I thought if I towed the right lines (devastation at last)
Eº G G/F Em A7 Eº
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
G G/F Em
And I thought if I towed the right lines (devastation at last)
Eº G G/F Em A7 Eº
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
G G/F Em
And I thought if I towed the right lines (devastation at last)
Eº G G/F Em A7 Eº
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine