Jesse Welles – Were Going To The City (Guitar)

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Chords

The ABCE is a walk on A and D strings & in last verse, the CB is a walk on A and D strings
    A B C E D D7         G  C B Am
e ------------2---  e -2------0--
B ------------1---  B -2------1--
G ------------2---  G -0------2--
D --------2-0-0---  D -0------2--
A --0-2-3---------  A -2--3-2-0--
E ----------------  E -3---------
[Verse 1]
G                                     Am   Am/E
Temu Patton, in front of the American flag

       C                C/G        Am               Am/E
Sayin "Yer all too damn gay, yeah, yer all too damn fat"

        G                                         Am   Am/E
All the golden stars and the purple hearts looked dead

         C        C/G       Am
As spray-on Napoleon, commander-casino said

                A B C E    D7      
Get ready boys,       look pretty

                    G
We're goin into the city
[Harmonica] G Am C G [Verse 2]
G                             Am   Am/E
Winter came, flyin on a black hawk

       C             C/G            Am                Am/E
It was early for Chicago, Ice froze up the whole damn block

            G                                Am   Am/E
And we sent money to a friend to rinse their tub

           C                  C/G             Am
Those that won't fit down the drain, they can bury in the mud

                A B C E    D7
Get ready boys,       look pretty

                              G
We're gonna build a whole new city
[Harmonica] G Am C G [Verse 3]
G                                  C  B  Am      
Glowing palms illuminate the faces of us sheep

       C              C/G       Am
Entire bushels of bad news, disappointment never sleeps

       G                                 Am             Am/E
As the Pay Pal princes spread themselves way across the sky

       C            C/G              Am
And an interstellar object waves and laughs and passes by

                A B C E    D7
Get ready boys,       look pretty

                     G
We're going into the city
[Harmonica] G Am C G