Roses And Gloom

[Capo 5] Intro D G D7 [Verse 1] C G C G I was brought up to be a president or some kind of king Dm Em with folks on their knees below me C F and a May Day parade in my name Fm/D C G and my face on the back of a coin in a paper cup C G7 This life ain't enough [Verse 2] C G C G But here I now stand with half of a joint in my hand Dm Em with visions of a storybook land C F where the musics so low I can't make out the words Fm/D C I'll pretend that I've heard someone call F D7 from outside the wall [Verse 3] G C G I've been to Vegas all right Am C G D I've lit up the desert behind my taillights G G7 C Am and I've been around enough now to learn C D G It's a strange time to be a stranger [Verse 4] G C G I've got a steam engine mind Am C G D just fire me up and I'll drift through the night G G7 C Am but I've been around enough now to see C D G it pays to be more like John Henry Chorus D C G If you are my brother I'd put no other before you D C You can pillage and plunder the villages through Em Em7 Am7 D but what can you fit in your tomb G C G besides roses and gloom. [Verse 5] G C G I've got a price on my head Am C G D well you won't be the first one to wish I was dead G G7 C Am I've just been around enough now to choose C D G the bets I ought better to lose [Verse 6] G C G I've got my ancestor's blood Am C G D I could follow the footsteps they left in the mud G G7 C Am but I've been around enough now to know C D G You can wash your feet but never your soul. Chorus D C G If you are my brother I'd put no other before you D C You can pillage and plunder the villages through Em Em7 Am7 D but what can you fit in your tomb G C G besides roses and gloom.