G - A - D
D G
1. I'm standing at the
crossroads in life,
D
and I
don't know where to go.
D
You know you've got my heart, babe,
A A7
but
my music’s got my soul.
G
Let me play it one more time,
G
I’ll tell the truth and make
it rhyme,
G A D
and
hope they understand me.
A
Now I lay me down to sleep,
A
and
pray the Lord my soul to keep.
G D
If I die before I wake, feed
Jake,
A
Bm
A G
he's been a good dog, my best
friend, right through it all,
D A D
if I die before I wake, feed
Jake !
D G
2. Now Broadway's like a
sewer,
D
bums
and hookers everywhere,
D
winos
passed out on the sidewalk,
A A7
doesn't
anybody care ?
G
Some say he's worthless, just
let him be,
G
I for one would have to disagree,
G A D
and
so would their mamas.
A
Now I lay me down to sleep,
A
and
pray the Lord my soul to keep.
G D
If I die before I wake, feed
Jake,
A
Bm
A G
he's been a good dog, my best
friend, right through it all,
D A D
if I die before I wake, feed
Jake !
D G
3. Now if you get an ear
pierced,
D
some
will call you gay,
but
if you drive a pickup,
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- G
they'll
say "No, you must be straight !"
G
What we are and what we ain't,
G
what
we can and what we can't,
G A D
does
it really matter ? + CHORUS + G
D A D - G
+ If I die before I wake, feed Jake !
D A D - G - D - G - D
+ If I die before I wake, feed Jake !
(orig. + midi = capo 2nd)
(Pirates of the Mississippi)