Big city bright lights I come down from the mountains across the tribal lands I heard Pashtu songs from Jalalabad I heard Dari songs at the Kabul
(ain't that strange) (ain't that strange) Big [tollgate? ] joey's got his china dolls While I'm sitting here at home with nothing at all Ain't that strange
Jesus Christ it's hot out here But i'm the lucky mother tip of the spear Give me water and cannon fodder Get me outta this stinking CHU I been thru
Intro: Am-f-c-g Am-f-c-g Am-d-f-g-am Well is it am such a sin to linger with the maga-f-zines c-g I want a am chocolate bar made with something f sweet
This broken wing will fly again One fine day This blackbird's mute gonna sing again One fine day So all you sinners come out And all you drunkards crawl
Intro & break: E-d-c#m-a7 E-d-c#m-a7 E I left my cinder-d-ella at the c#m payphone, a7 with a pocket full of dimes E I get the d feeling she's still
A-d-a(sus4) A-d-a(sus4) G-d-g-d-e A-f#m-e-a A hold of myself, d just trying to get a a(sus4) hold of myself A-d just trying to get a a(sus4) hold of
We sang Hallelujah, has it stopped raining? Though the priest had stopped believing a long ago And his companion began to a laugh at the irony o' that
Intro & break: Dm-ddim-f-c Dm-ddim-f-c Dm-ddim-f-c G Dm-g-dm-g Dmyou come across ddim the f james river c Dm a-for a ddim needle, and a f spoon c Dm
D-em D-em-g-d Bm-c-g-d "only when I laugh, does it hurt." The doctor says, "please, son, remove your skirt." "i'd be glad to
Em-c-g Em-g-c-g C-a-g C-g-c-g E-d-g So we were standing, like the last rock band on the planet Of vapor trails and alpine skies It's all green fields
D-a-e-b-d-a-e D-e-f#m-b D-e-f#m-b-d-e F#m-e-d-a-b-e D-e-f#m-b (ending:d-e-f#m) My life is totally boring without you around These days, they fade to
C-d-em-g-c-d-em D-c-em-d This holy circus camp Aladdin and his lamp A feverish daydreams and sway de loca My face in magazines The lesbian james dean
Now I, I want out of the circus Since the girl in the blue sparkly dress On one knee I confessed Put an end to that exchange of glances Now I, I want
D-b-a-g E-g D-e-g-d Well we went to the station They were looking for vegas But I was stuck in my beat phase Like it was 1959 They say the girls wanna
(I think should be played with a capo on g) g G-c-g-c-g-bb-a-g D-g-a-d-c-d-c7-bb-a-g Bb-a-g When your only girl betrayed you, boy, What did you do with
Am-f-c-d Am-c-f-dm Am-c-f-g-am-f-g (ending:am) Gonna make you a star And show the world your green, green eyes See your smiling face Everywhere, everyplace
And it's a long, long way to the top But when you come down, it's one headlong rush You've got an itch to scratch the shiny bits of light Hanging like