Sam Roberts - Bootleg saint
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THE BOOTLEG SAINT The Sam Roberts Band
Submitted by Rocco C.
Intro strum between A B5, then D5-E5
ACo
He's taking back the city one sinner at a time
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meB5 make your complaint to the Bootleg Saint He's been gone, keepin' on, keepin' on for your freedom D5-E5 Black boots, brown skin he has chemical rootsF#minHe'll sAacrifice iF#minf you pay tAhe price
BHe remembers a time when everything was alright
We had water from wine, the streets were alive
D5-E5
Then old Captain Industry who sold his soul at Wounded Knee
Bought himself a little property
The Saint had found his enemy
F#min A F#min A A-B5
He'll sacrifice if you pay the price
DThe laws might sleep, but tAhey never die
E A B5
Lions for sheep - an eye for an eye
E A-B5
He wears a ring with the brand of a three-legged dog
E A-B5
His rose-coloured glasses cut through the fog
DThe laws might sleep bAut they never die
E A B5
Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye
A B5
He came down on a storm cloud hard as the Amazon rain
Took him on, took him on and on
And you can pay your respects in the form of a cheque
He's taking back the city one sinner at a time
F#minHe'll saAcrifice ifF#min you pay Athe price
DThe laws might sleep but tAhey never die
E A B5
Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye
DThe Bootleg Saint, well he wAalks the line
D A B5
Between an everyman hero and a waste of time