The Felice Brothers – Rockefeller Druglaw Blues (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
G D C G The exhaust from the prison van’s going to heaven but I’m going to Attica G D C G Gonna put a hundred miles between me and my dealing habit G D C G I’m watching Poughkeepsie move by in the afternoon rain G D C G My hands are turning blue from these cuffs they got me in
Em G
G D C G I tried to keep my job at the dollar store G D C G Found out my mama was sick and a dollar wasn’t enough no more G D C G I promise you mama, I’m gonna get you them pills G D C G I got me a box of bags And a baker’s scale Em G 15 grams of heroin Em G An ounce of speed C D G 15 years to life C G Em Rockefeller, Rockefeller, Rockefeller C G That’s a long old time G D C G My brother was shot down on Warren Street a year ago tonight G D C G Can’t you see the medics with his body in the siren light G D C G I promise you, brother, I’m gonna be a good dad G D C G I’ma give our children something like we never had Em G 15 grams of heroin Em G An ounce of speed C D G 15 years to life C G Em Rockefeller, Rockefeller, Rockefeller C G That’s a long old time G D C G Twenty boys in orange clothes in the jailhouse yard G D C G Twenty needle marks on the arms of God G D C G 500 picketers this morning on the governor’s lawn G D C G 50 white stars, my darling, in the milky dawn Em G 15 grams of heroin Em G An ounce of speed C D G 15 years to life C G Em Rockefeller, Rockefeller, Rockefeller C G That’s a long old time