I once was a captain of a ship We sailed the seven seas My men were loyal as men could be For rum, whisky and tea Then a woman from Babylonia She come crawling up to me She said I'll give you three wishes from this little lamp If you would just marry me So I wished for girls, I wished for gold I wished that I would never grow old And when it came time for me to propose I said no I said give me another year or two She said you tell lies, I said, I do And she told this little tale to my whole crew They came knocking on the captain's door for me It was a good old-fashioned munity I put out my wrists raised one eyebrow to the sea I said tighten my chains boys, up on the stage boys 12 notches on the noose for me Aint gonna need a doctor when the trap door falls I know where I'm gonna be Tighten my chains boys, up on the stage boys Put my head on the guillotine Aint gonna need a doctor when the blade comes down I'll finally be free I once was a judge in a magistrates I locked criminals up all day But I would free anybody if a little of the money That they stole, would come my way I judged a man from a gang, and I let him hang Too few pennies, he'd paid But forgotten to me, was the signed receipt That his family had saved The very next day as I walked towards The judge's bench at the back of the hall The magistrate said, as he shook his head Today your place is in the defendants stall I said tighten my chains boys, up on the stage boys 12 notches on the noose for me Aint gonna need a doctor when the trap door falls I know where I'm gonna be Tighten my chains boys, up on the stage boys Put my head on the guillotine Aint gonna need a doctor when the blade comes down I'll finally be free I'm living the only way I want to be Can you please address me as a libertine I don't believe in loss or profit, babe I don't regret a single choice I've made And if you met me in another life You wouldn't tell me it was wrong or right You wouldn't give me half the time of day It's one of the many things I'll never say So tighten my chains boys, up on the stage boys 12 notches on the noose for me Aint gonna need a doctor when the trap door falls I know where I'm gonna be Tighten my chains boys, up on the stage boys Put my head on the guillotine Aint gonna need a doctor when the blade comes down I'll finally be free

My brother crossed the water, tryna make a million dollars C he was only trying to win a bet D and he didn’t need the money but he heard it made you happy C so he tried to see how much he could get G He swam up to the border on some beach in California C the entire state it started to shout D that’s when Donald said, I’m sorry kid you gotta turn around, C this is the land of the safe, and the home of the discount G He got his greyhound down to Pittsburgh and his sally and his raincoat C and his empty pack of cigarettes D and he gunned it down the desert his attorney in the backseat C sniffing salts and swerving round all the bats G he drove around so many near ran through George and Lenny C he said hey! What does it all mean?? D Is it happiness, life and liberty C or is it just ketchup for the beans! Hey! CHORUS C G I’ll plant my flag in west Virginia D G sign my name in Lincolns boots C G D paint my neck, red, white and blue EM EM/GFLAT I’ll tell my people that I’ve seen ya G C and I found nothing new AM in your America C in your America Verse 2 I went up to the prison asked them how much for my freedom they don’t need it, the living here’s good still they put my skin up on a graph to find the rights that I had left and gee I tried to look as pail as I could and the warden said do you know you remind me of a hero someone loved by the American I said cool a founding father, Obama, martin luther? he said nah man, you’re a Kardashian CHORUS I’ll plant my flag in west Virginia Sign my name in Lincolns boots Paint my neck, red, white and blue I’ll tell me people that I’ve seen ya And I found nothing new In your America In your America

Been hanging out under the bridges by the seaside, EM D C Where the graffiti is politically charged G. # And the girls they don’t wear bra’s G # EM Or shave under their arms, C ## G C G And the boys don’t compare their favourite cars G. C G CG They sell seashells outside the boutique clothes shops #. EM D. C People only buy the ones shaped like hearts G # No matter how scarce G # EM The moneys shared in equal parts C ## G. CG Just like everything else is after dark G C G CG They swore never to use their educations EM D C And they drink the cheapest thing they sell in bars G # They’ve all got old guitars G # EM And sleep under the stars C. ## G CG And they don’t care if mr musk makes it to mars Chorus They say C G D We are blessed, with a mess here. G #. C To fix before we’re gone G. EM There so much left to do, here EM # C And too much that’s been done G. D I Put that weight, on my back, EM. # G Every day and I wear it in the sun. I hope you come along G,EM,C,##,#,G,C,G Verse 2 I sure hope I don’t hurt anybody On my way to see lucy in the sky My new friends say I’ll be fine If I let go of what is mine Don’t check your watch, you just don’t have the time. She said my love I wouldn’t kiss you for a penny Your worth so much more In this little green wallet world of ours She takes my hand on the path, Walks left towards the grass Says broken things were built, But this always grows back

AM The gypsy princes’ son was Johnny AM he was bloody good with money G ESUS7 in the way hardmen aint smart men AM but they seem to have that knack AM spent his youth down by the races AM and in other desperate places. G ESUS7 helping weak men part with pay slips AM on the prayer they’d get it back. AM,C,AM,G,AM,C,AM AM Just two days before he met her Down in fleet street they spoke of her AM He knew all about Rebbeca. G ESUS7 she’s got the eyes that see through lies they said AM and fire in her blood AM never cared for dainty dresses AM spent her days in orphanages G ESUS7 swapped the silk sheets of her family AM7 for working in the mud. Middle 8 F ESUS7 AM Johnny see’s her in the kings head F ESUS7 AM sipping gin tonic and lime F ESUS7 AM in a drunken slur johnny says my love you should unwind G F you are too kind, you should unwind ESUS7 on a bed as fine as mine. Chorus F C G AM She said you can buy all kinds of shoes but you can only wear two F C G AM yours may be the finest leather but, they don’t look good on you F C G AM those gold rings were paid through the suffering of many men I knew G F what will you do? ESUS7 AM to all of their young boys that lost to you. Verse 2 He hadn’t scared her in the slightest this he could not help but notice he’d seen fear on every woman’s face that he had spoken to or kissed she thought his own went red with anger but his boys they knew better no one saw him for three days and nights till he came back less well dressed. Middle 8 He puts a sober arm before her she let him gently shake her hand roll’s her eyes before he says you are braver than any man to show me who I am. Chorus You can buy all kinds of shoes today I’ve bought quite a few For the kids in flea street halfway house I, did that for you I can’t promise that more honest men will like the work I do But my gold rings were sold to buy just one for you Verse 3 Two months later at the wedding for a cheap one shed been begging but her father and her Johnny both fought hard to spend the most still she put her best foot forward in the heels that they had bought her as she pushed that white dress down the isle she felt just like a ghost she screamed what is it with your money has it ever made you happy why do rich men try to own me with the gold that they collect I told the police that you would be here you’re still profiting from fear before you tell me that you love me Johnny show me some respect. Middle 8 Sergeant lee bursts in the chapel 15 coppers right behind says Johnny finally you’re mine as they run up to the alter Johhny looks her in the eye. Chorus you can buy all kind of shoes. but you can only wear two they’re coming for me so the pair I’m wearing have to do. they’ve got to run and they will never come back not back to you Rebecca, how could you be so cruel I’d kill you if I had the time to lose. Verse 4 Two years pass Rebecca’s working flea street children’s shoes she’s fixing seems like everything gains holes no matter how strong they might start She heard johnny had been living like his gypsy dad before him hunting rabbits in the forest and sleeping beneath the stars. Middle 8 Amongst the cue of shoes before her in walks a pair she knows quite well she looks up to see the battered ragged clothes and mucky face of John himself. Chorus He says you can buy all kinds of shoes, but you can only wear two I followed where mine wander but they came right back to you you were long in my letters before my tattoo’s all that I have left is love for you End of song

And the joker attacks for a laugh with a mouthful of words F and the audience gasps and reacts like it physically hurt while the buildings is burning the spectators stays in their seats they did alright, they paid a hell of a price to be free. Now the preacher is silent he stares at the hole in the wall and the hole gets embarrassed, and suddenly swallows them all. and the poet pretends it’s for love and for liberty he says, we did alright, paid a bloody good price to be free. Middle 8 I know what the apple’s for believe me I’ve seen snakes before I know is it all just old men’s words? Chorus So grab me a rope my boy and levy me to shore like me father and his father did before tell me a tale that doesn’t end in both our blood do you intend to be forgotten when you’re gone? Verse 2 The campfire lessons have ambered away with the wood. we keep it a flame with a big pile of history books that burns so big and so bright and so fast that I can’t see anyone on the left or right of me. the whispers of wisdom are murdered by megaphones the lessons are dead, and the teachers have all gone home the tape is gone now red is all that’s left to see we did alright payed a hell of a price to be free. Middle 8 I know what the apples for and I’ve seen it swallowed down before I know into the belly of a of a great big whale. Chorus So grab me a rope my boy and levy me to shore like my father and his father did before tell me a tale that doesn’t end in both our blood do you intend to be forgotten when you’re gone?