Roses And Gloom

[Intro]
G (C B A) G (C B A)
 
[Verse 1]
G            Cadd2   G    Gsus4 G
I've been to Vegas alright
     Am7        C        G           D
I've lit up the desert behind my taillights
         G     G7     C            A7
And I've been around enough now to learn
       Am7*            C Dadd4 C  G       Gsus4 G
It's a strange time to be       a stranger
 
[Verse 2]
(E F#) G          C            G   Gsus4 G
   And I've got a steam engine mind
     Am7 (B) C           G                 D
Just fire me up and I'll drill through the night
         G     G7     C            A7
But I've been around enough now to see
   Am7*       C     Dadd4 C    G    Gsus4 G
It pays to be more like   John Henry
 
[Chorus]
   D                  Cadd9     (C B    A) G       Gsus4  G
If you are my brother I'd put no o-ther be-fore you
        D                       Cadd9
You can pillage and plunder the villages through
    D#dim7                   Em7  (A B) D
But what can you fit in your tomb
               G        (C B A) G (C B A)
Besides roses and gloom
 
[Verse 3]
G          C           G   Gsus4 G
I've got a price on my head
    Am7     (B)  C            G          D
You won't be the first one to wish I was dead
          G     G7     C            A7
I've just been around enough now to choose
    Am7*         C   Dadd4 C   G   Gsus4 G
The bets I ought better     to lose
 
[Verse 4]
(E F#) G           C          G    Gsus4 G
   And I've got my ancestors' blood
        Am7        C              G           D
I could follow the footsteps they left in the mud
         G     G7     C            A7
But I've been around enough now to know
        Am7*                C  Dadd4 C    G   Gsus4 G
You can wash your feet, but never    your soul
 
 
[Chorus]
      D                  Cadd9     (C B    A) G       Gsus4  G
So If you are my brother I'd put no o-ther be-fore you
        D                       Cadd9
You can pillage and plunder the villages through
    D#dim7                   Em7  (A B) D
But what can you fit in your tomb
               G        (C B A) G (C B A) G
Besides roses and gloom