Robert Plant – Ticket Taker (Guitar)

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Tonight's the night when the waters rise, you're groping in the dark

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The ticket takers count the men who can afford the ark

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The ticket takers will not board, for the ticket takers are tied

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For five and change an hour, they will count the passers-by

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They say the sky's the limit, but the sky's about to fall

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Down come all them record books, cradle and all

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They say before he bit it that the boxer felt no pain

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But somewhere there's a gambling man with a ticket in the rain

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Mary Anne, I know I'm a long shot

    C    G          D
But Mary Anne, what else have you got?

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I am a ticket taker, many tickets have I torn

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And I will be your ark, we will float above the storm

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Many years have passed in this river town, I've sailed through many traps

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I keep a stock of weapons should society collapse

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I keep a stock of ammo, one of oil, and one of gold

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I keep a place for Mary Anne, soon she will come home

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Mary Anne, I know I'm a long shot

    C    G          D
But Mary Anne, what else have you got?

  C           G           G       D      C
I am a ticket taker, many tickets have I torn

    G      D/F#    Em           C                G
And I will be your ark, we will float above the storm

C    G       D               G
Mary Anne, I know I'm a long shot

    C    G          D
But Mary Anne, what else have you got?

  C           G           G       D      C
I am a ticket taker, many tickets have I torn

    G      D/F#    Em
And I will be your ark