X – Under The Big Black Sun (Guitar)

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Version from album of the same name. Lyrics taken from record inner sleeve. Strumming pattern isn't super complicated; just listen to the song a couple times. [Intro] D [Verse 1]
D
What I did on my vacation

        Bm             A
For the last ten years

D
Took pictures of your town

              Bm           A
Plaid perfume on my breath

  G                        A
I mean I've been drinking Scotch

G              E
While touring through your town
[Verse 2]
D
Adultery makes you give things away

        Bm           A
It gets you confused

D
Adultery takes a one-room vacation

        Bm             A
Then it gets you alone

          G                A
Turns it into a honeymoon scream

G                 E
Then you have to change the sheets
[Chorus]
G                                     B C   B C
Smoke in one hand looking for a light

Em
Martini in the other hand

A
Pointing at midnight
D [Verse 3]
D
Now that you pulled the school underwater

     Bm              A
And drowned the prom

D
Which man will you save for this Friday

        Bm                      A
You can put him in a fish pond

G                    A
And watch him swim around

G            E
Then have a Catholic dinner
[Verse 4]
D
If it isn't men it's death

                   Bm       A
It's the same Old Testament

D
At the cross her station keeping

                   Bm             A
Stood the mournful mother weeping

         G            A
Where my man extended hung

G           E
Driven with nails to wood
[Chorus 2]
G                                     B C   B C
Smoke in one hand looking for a drink

Em
Drink in the other hand

A
Pointing at midnight
D [Verse 5]
D
At my desk as you're sleeping

       Bm                A
As the big deal of death

D
Kills me and starts leaving

                  Bm             A
Everybody asks me how I'm doing

           G          A
I'm doing everything alone

G                     E
Rave on children and try to sleep
[Verse 6]
D
Larks must sing grave deep melodies

      Bm            A
Happy they that die

    D
The sly brown fox pulled up a glass

       Bm          A
Pulled up a chair

     G            A
And yanked out my hair

        G                   A
When I tried to sit I fell down

G              E
When I woke up he was gone
[Chorus 3]
G                                   B C   B C
So one has a smoke, one has a drink

    Em
The man is gone, Mary's dead

A
Good morning midnight
D (repeat till end)