Rockefeller Druglaw Blues Chords by The Felice Brothers

_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
The exhaust from [E] the prison van's going to [D] heaven, but I'm going [A] to Attica. _
_ _ Gonna put [E] a hundred miles [D] between me and my dealing [A] habit. _
_ _ _ I'm [E] watching Poughkeepsie move [D] by in the afternoon [A]
rain.
_ _ _ My [E] hands are turning blue [D] from these cuffs they got [A] me in.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ I tried [E] to keep my [Bm] job [A] _ [D] at the dollar [A] store. _ _ _
Found out my [E] mom was sick.
[D] _
[A] Dollar wasn't enough no more.
I _ _ _ promise you [E] mama, _ [B] _ [A] _ [D] _
I'ma get [A] you them pills. _ _ _
I got [E] me a box of [B] [A] bags [D] _
and a [A] baker's scale.
_ _ [F#m] _
Fifteen grams [D] of heroin _ [F#m]
and _ [A] hours to _ sleep.
[D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ Fifteen [A] years of life.
_ _ _ _ [D]
Rockefeller, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Rockefeller, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
Rockefeller.
_ _ [D] _ That's a [A] long old time. _ _ _ _ _ _
My brother [E] was shot down on [D] Warren Street a [A] year ago tonight. _ _ _
_ Can't you see the [E] medics with his body [D] in the siren [A] line? _ _
_ I promise you [E] brother, _ _
[D] _ [A] I'ma be a good dad. _ _
_ I'ma give our [E] children [F#m] something [D] like we [A] never had.
_ _ [F#m] _
_ Fifteen grams [D] of heroin _ [F#m]
and _ hours [A] to sleep. _
[D] _ _ [E] Fifteen _ _ [A] years of life.
_ _ _ _ _ [D]
Rockefeller, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Rockefeller, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
Rockefeller.
_ _ [D] _ That's a long [A] old time.
Twenty _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ boys [E] in orange [A] clothes [D] in the jailhouse [A]
yard.
_ _ _ _ Twenty [E]
needle marks [A] _ [D] _ on the [A] arms of God.
_ _ _ Five hundred [E]
picketers this [A] morning [D] _ on the [A] governor's lounge.
_ _ _ Fifty [E] white stars my [F#m] darling [D] in the Milky [A]
Down.
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ Fifteen [D] grams of heroin _ [F#m] and _ hours [A] to sleep.
[D] _ _ _ [E] Fifteen _ _ [A] years of life. _ _ _
_ _ [D] Rockefeller, _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Rockefeller, _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] Rockefeller.
_ _ _ [D] _
That's a long [A] old time. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _