Chords for Perfume, The Powder and The Lead - LRB
Tempo:
90.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Gm
Dm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
And we're going to do a song right now that we're trying to limit our killing songs
Which is a big part of bluegrass music down where we're from.
There's a whole lot of songs about killing, but this is one
It was written by a good friend of ours there in Virginia
And it [D] talks about a good son of Mary's
That [G] went wrong
He loved her, but he had to kill her
How to kill a fool
[D]
We made a song
[G] Mary didn't stray
She didn't bother anything
[Gm]
Little [D] parrot
Close to [G] town
[G] Working hard
[D] And on the farm
Covering dear
To all her charm
Till one day
When a stranger
Came and ran Oh
It starts to rain
Can't work no [G] more
Run to the porch
Open [Dm] the door
[D] To pay her a price
How we no match
The [G] little game
What was I supposed to do?
God can tell
We've been through
You made me mad
[D] I just couldn't
[G] Stand the pain
I [C] can't believe
What I have done
[G] I killed them boys
That is [Dm] done
[Gm] As the bodies
[D] They entangled
[G] In our bed
[E] He [C] was the sheriff's only son
To [G] me she was
The only one
I smelled the perfume [D] The powder
[G] And the lead
[C]
[G]
[Dm] [G] [Gm]
[C]
[Gm]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
Start [D] to shake
I'm thinking the pain
Who found [G] my fate
As I turn
And start [D] to stand
[G] Lord of the doors
[Gm] [G] I heard her take
Her [D] final breath
I knew my sentence
I knew I would be dead
So [G] I threw
A [Dm] smoking [D] gun
Up to the [Gm] floor
[D] Now I'm here
In this [Dm] jail
[G] And my life
Has [Dm] lived and failed
Since [G] that awful [D] Grim crime
I [G] had to do
[D] [G] Out of love
But she vowed to [D] me
Another [G] man
There'll never be
In the end
I'll [D] have to die
For [G] love
I [B] [C] can't believe
What I have done
[G] I killed them boys
That is done
As the bodies [D] They entangled
[G] In our bed He [C] was The sheriff's Only [G] son
To me she was
The only one
I smelled the perfume [F] [D] The powder
And the [D]
[G] lead
[D]
[Dm]
[A] [G]
[Gm]
Which is a big part of bluegrass music down where we're from.
There's a whole lot of songs about killing, but this is one
It was written by a good friend of ours there in Virginia
And it [D] talks about a good son of Mary's
That [G] went wrong
He loved her, but he had to kill her
How to kill a fool
[D]
We made a song
[G] Mary didn't stray
She didn't bother anything
[Gm]
Little [D] parrot
Close to [G] town
[G] Working hard
[D] And on the farm
Covering dear
To all her charm
Till one day
When a stranger
Came and ran Oh
It starts to rain
Can't work no [G] more
Run to the porch
Open [Dm] the door
[D] To pay her a price
How we no match
The [G] little game
What was I supposed to do?
God can tell
We've been through
You made me mad
[D] I just couldn't
[G] Stand the pain
I [C] can't believe
What I have done
[G] I killed them boys
That is [Dm] done
[Gm] As the bodies
[D] They entangled
[G] In our bed
[E] He [C] was the sheriff's only son
To [G] me she was
The only one
I smelled the perfume [D] The powder
[G] And the lead
[C]
[G]
[Dm] [G] [Gm]
[C]
[Gm]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
Start [D] to shake
I'm thinking the pain
Who found [G] my fate
As I turn
And start [D] to stand
[G] Lord of the doors
[Gm] [G] I heard her take
Her [D] final breath
I knew my sentence
I knew I would be dead
So [G] I threw
A [Dm] smoking [D] gun
Up to the [Gm] floor
[D] Now I'm here
In this [Dm] jail
[G] And my life
Has [Dm] lived and failed
Since [G] that awful [D] Grim crime
I [G] had to do
[D] [G] Out of love
But she vowed to [D] me
Another [G] man
There'll never be
In the end
I'll [D] have to die
For [G] love
I [B] [C] can't believe
What I have done
[G] I killed them boys
That is done
As the bodies [D] They entangled
[G] In our bed He [C] was The sheriff's Only [G] son
To me she was
The only one
I smelled the perfume [F] [D] The powder
And the [D]
[G] lead
[D]
[Dm]
[A] [G]
[Gm]
Key:
G
D
Gm
Dm
C
G
D
Gm
And we're going to do a song right now that we're trying to limit our killing songs
_ Which is a big part of bluegrass music down where we're from.
There's a whole lot of songs about killing, but this is one
It was written by a good friend of ours there in Virginia
And it [D] talks about a good son of Mary's
That [G] went wrong
He loved her, but he had to kill her
_ _ How to kill a fool _
_ _ [D] _ _ _
We made a song
[G] Mary didn't stray
She didn't bother anything
_ [Gm]
Little _ _ [D] parrot
Close to [G] town
[G] _ _ Working hard
[D] And on the farm
Covering dear
To all her charm
Till one day
When a stranger
Came and ran Oh
It starts to rain
Can't work no [G] more
Run to the porch
Open [Dm] the door
[D] To pay her a price
How we no match
The [G] little game
_ _ What was I supposed to do?
God can tell
We've been through
You made me mad
[D] I just couldn't
[G] Stand the pain
_ I [C] can't believe
What I have done
[G] I killed them boys
That is [Dm] done
[Gm] As the bodies
[D] They entangled
[G] In our bed
_ _ [E] He [C] was the _ sheriff's only son
To [G] me she was
The only one
I smelled the perfume [D] The powder
[G] And the lead
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
Start [D] to shake
I'm thinking the pain
Who found [G] my fate
As I turn
And start [D] to stand
[G] Lord of the doors
[Gm] _ _ [G] I heard her take
Her [D] final breath
I knew my sentence
I knew I would be dead
So [G] I threw
A [Dm] smoking [D] gun
Up to the [Gm] floor
_ _ [D] Now I'm here
In this [Dm] jail
[G] And my life
Has [Dm] lived and failed
Since [G] that awful [D] Grim crime
I [G] had to do
_ [D] _ _ [G] Out of love
But she vowed to [D] me
Another [G] man
There'll never be
In the end
I'll [D] have to die
For [G] love
I _ [B] _ [C] can't believe
What I have done
[G] I killed them boys
That is done
As the bodies [D] They entangled
[G] In our bed _ He [C] was The sheriff's Only [G] son
To me she was
The only one
I smelled the perfume [F] [D] The powder _
And _ the [D] _ _
[G] lead _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Which is a big part of bluegrass music down where we're from.
There's a whole lot of songs about killing, but this is one
It was written by a good friend of ours there in Virginia
And it [D] talks about a good son of Mary's
That [G] went wrong
He loved her, but he had to kill her
_ _ How to kill a fool _
_ _ [D] _ _ _
We made a song
[G] Mary didn't stray
She didn't bother anything
_ [Gm]
Little _ _ [D] parrot
Close to [G] town
[G] _ _ Working hard
[D] And on the farm
Covering dear
To all her charm
Till one day
When a stranger
Came and ran Oh
It starts to rain
Can't work no [G] more
Run to the porch
Open [Dm] the door
[D] To pay her a price
How we no match
The [G] little game
_ _ What was I supposed to do?
God can tell
We've been through
You made me mad
[D] I just couldn't
[G] Stand the pain
_ I [C] can't believe
What I have done
[G] I killed them boys
That is [Dm] done
[Gm] As the bodies
[D] They entangled
[G] In our bed
_ _ [E] He [C] was the _ sheriff's only son
To [G] me she was
The only one
I smelled the perfume [D] The powder
[G] And the lead
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
Start [D] to shake
I'm thinking the pain
Who found [G] my fate
As I turn
And start [D] to stand
[G] Lord of the doors
[Gm] _ _ [G] I heard her take
Her [D] final breath
I knew my sentence
I knew I would be dead
So [G] I threw
A [Dm] smoking [D] gun
Up to the [Gm] floor
_ _ [D] Now I'm here
In this [Dm] jail
[G] And my life
Has [Dm] lived and failed
Since [G] that awful [D] Grim crime
I [G] had to do
_ [D] _ _ [G] Out of love
But she vowed to [D] me
Another [G] man
There'll never be
In the end
I'll [D] have to die
For [G] love
I _ [B] _ [C] can't believe
What I have done
[G] I killed them boys
That is done
As the bodies [D] They entangled
[G] In our bed _ He [C] was The sheriff's Only [G] son
To me she was
The only one
I smelled the perfume [F] [D] The powder _
And _ the [D] _ _
[G] lead _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _