Members Only Chords by Mad Conductor

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_ _ [D] _ [F] The tiger got the hunt, [Am] the bird got the fly, the man got to sit and [Dm] wonder why
[C] The tiger [F] got to sleep, the bird [Am] got to land, the man got to tell himself one day he'll [D] understand
[F] They canceled all my shows [Am] throughout the lower south
So with my rapid-fire motor [Bb] mouth I [C] capsized at Joe [F] Promoto's house
Claimed my [Am] coin and copped a case of cola, hopped a [Dm] train, [C] Sylvania was soaker down in Nola
[Dm] I'm the scatterbrain, eating [Am] boxes of Zatarain's, at the lack of stains, having [D] tabletops
[C] Telling [F] K-Ville cops that I don't have a [Am] name or occupation
That's [Dm] when they lost their patience and brought me to the [C] station for a [F] Sucrose examination
[Am] I'm being held under awful suspicion, all [Bb] bundled up [C] in an [F] awkward position
Tell my [Am] man in jail to hand me a file, I [F] filed the borns and [C] documents and wandered down the [F] aisle
Once back [Am] on my hurting feet I heard a Frieda bird retreat, well [D] unexpectedly I [C] met a fleet
[F] I had a capuchin so wanna [Am] murder me because my 8th [F] grade grand
[Dm] Popped Sotherland [C] with a gun in [F] his hand
Now looking back it's just a blur, they stopped me from my fur, [Bb] plus my [C] frankincense and myrrh
[F] I had the bin beaten in the head with the vice to feed my blues
My wounds [Bb] skewed all [C] my philosophical [F] views, although I didn't have many to lose
The most significant of them [Dm] is when I [C] often abused [F] you
The tiger got to hunt, the bird got to fly, the man got to sit [Dm] and wonder [C] why
The tiger [F] got to sleep, the bird got to land, the man got to tell himself one day [Bb] he'll [C] understand
I was [F] awoken several hours [Am] later by the fibrillator, set it to the 6th [Bb] level in a crowded [C] elevator
[F] Of the medicinal center [D] where the [Am] doctors all said I would be [F] shackled in forever [C] to a hospital bed
[Dm] They tried to calm me [Am] down but they said it isn't jousiness
Then I read [Gb] the proud text [C] of Malcom [F] S.
It taught me I should [D] never let him put [Am] my mouth to [Dm] rest and speak out against
Money hungry [C] charlatans and [F] counterfeits
One day I snapped, gnawed through my straps, fled my ward and [Dm] lunged into the [C] rumpus
Rumored the [F] remas and acid perishing in the sewer, oh and ah
Why you worship the [Dm] soft for God [C] with all your [F] knobs?
Jumped on a table, ripped the box from off the wall
Swung a black [Bb] table through a [F] window in the hall
The nurses pulled cans of pepper spray from their purses
But the [Dm] dispersers proved [C] worthless, it's okay [F] to get away to the surface
Pirated a charter boat and crossed the Gulf along [Dm] the Florida [C] coast to the [F] Galapagos
Off in the distance I perforated low
Ran through the [Dm] flat piano [C] like worms through a [Fm] skull
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] [Dm] Nietzsche couldn't reach me nor could [F] any of his kind
Cause cutting down [Bb] vines with a [C] simian mind
[F] Is like trying to drain the [D] ocean out [A] on the dry land
Even [Bb] if you [F] succeed the water [C] meets up [F] again
It's been a long [Dm] time since my [Am] introspective journey
And with the [D] help of a [C] respected [F] attorney
I moved out [D] west to find a [Am] home in Idaho
[F] Long from the land of [C] catfish and [F] dried of coal
And up [Am] here there ain't nothing to do
Unless you're into having [Dm] barnyard [C] fun and huffing [F] glue
And I'm not
[Dm] So I [Am] sit and wonder lots
As my [Dm] troglodytic mind slips into [C] another [Dm] spot
Whiskey out of pitch, grim and swim [Am] without a soul in thought
In reality a [D] man killed the [C] next in store's [F] props
And I used [Am] to do the same for an answer to my [Dm] question
Till I figured [C] out there ain't a [F] man who has possession
Assuming there's a foundation there to possess
It's [Dm] all too [C] human to [F] expect any sense
The throttle always claw at the back of my mind
How do [Dm] all the great [C] beasts lie?
[F] I had to be mine
Leg, leg, arm, head, upright spine
It's an [Dm] endless only [C] club with one way to resign
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_ _ _ _ _ The bird got the fly
The man got to [Bb] sit and wonder why
The [F] tiger got to sleep
The bird got to land
The man got to tell himself one [Dm] day he'll [C] understand
[F] The tiger got to [Am] hunt
The bird got to [F] fly
The man got to [D] sit and wonder [C] why
The [F] tiger got to sleep
The [Am] bird got to land
The man will never understand
[C] Even if he thinks he can
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