Am Am God said don't give me your tin horn prayersAm Am And don't buy roses from the street down thereDm Dm Took it all and took the dirt road homeAm Am Dreaming of Jenny with the light brown hairE7 Am Night is falling like a bloody axeE7 Am Lies and rumours and the wind at my backE7 Am Hand on the wheel, Gravel on the roadE7 E7 Will the pawn shop sell me back what I soldAm Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my MotherAm E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pondAm Am Birds cry a warning from a hidden branchAm Am Carving out a future with a gun and an axeDm Dm I'm way beyond the gavel and the laws of manAm Am Still living in the palm of the grace of your handE7 Am The world's not easy the blind man saidE7 Am Turns on nothing but money and dreadE7 Am Dogs been scratching at the door all nightE7 E7 Long necked birds flying out of the moonlightAm Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my MotherAm E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pondAm Am Smack dab in the middle of a dirty lieAm Am The star spangled glitter of his one good eyeDm Dm Everybody knows that the game was riggedAm Am Justice wears suspenders and a powdered wigE7 Am Dark town alleys been hiding youE7 Am Long bell tolling is your WaterlooE7 Am Oh baby what can you doE7 E7 Does the light of God blind you, Or lead the way home for youAm Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my MotherAm E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond INST: AS VERSEAm Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my MotherAm E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pondAm Am God almighty for righteousness sakeAm Am Humilation of our fallen stateDm Dm Written in the Book of Tubal CainAm Am A long black coat will show no stainE7 Am Feel the heat and the burn on your backE7 Am The rip and the moan, The stretch of the rackE7 Am All my belongings in a flour sackE7 E7 Will the place I come from take me backAm Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my MotherAm E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pondAm Am They'll hang me in the morning on a scaffold yea bigAm Am To dance upon nothing to the Tyburn jigDm Dm Treats you like a puppet when you're under it's spellAm Am Oh the heart is Heaven, But the mind is HellE7 Am Jesus of Nazareth told Mike of the weedsE7 Am I's born at this time for a reason you seeE7 Am When I'm dead I'll be dead a long timeE7 E7 But the wines so pleasing and so sublimeAm Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my MotherAm E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pondAm Am Kissed my sweetheart by the chinaball treeAm Am Everything I done is between God and meDm Dm Only he will judge how my time was spentAm Am Twentynine days of sinning and forty to repentE7 Am The horse is steady but the horse is blindE7 Am Wicked are the branches on the tree of mankindE7 Am The roots grow upward and the branches grow downE7 E7 It's much too late to throw the dice again I've foundAm Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my MotherAm E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pondAm Am I'm gonna wash them, I'm gonna wash themAm Am I'm gonna wash the sins of my FatherAm E7 I'm gonna wash the sins of my MotherAm Am I'm gonna wash the sins of my brotherAm Am Am Am Till the water runs clear, Till the water runs clearAm Am Am Am Till the water runs clear, Till the water runs clearE|-------------------| PICKING PATTERN E|-------------------| PA YED WITH Am CHORD E|-------------0-----0-----0--| B|-------------1-----1-----1--| G|-------------2-----2-----2--| D PEAT D|-------------2--2--2-----2--| A|----------0--0-----0--0--0--| E|--3-3-3---------------------| PA YED WITH Dm CHORD E|-------------1------1------1--| B|-------------3------3------3--| G|-------------2------2------2--| D PEAT D|----------0--0------0------0--| A|--3-3-3---------3------2------| E|------------------------------| PA YED WITH E7 CHORD E|------------------------0--| B|------------------------1--| G|------------1-----1-----2--| D PEAT X3 D|------------0-----0-----2--| A|------------2--2--2--0--0--| E|--3-3-3--0--0-----0--------|
Sins Of My Father
Tom Waits
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