The Other Favorites - 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.