Sam Roberts - Bootleg saint
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THE BOOTLEG SAINT – The Sam Roberts Band
Submitted by Rocco C.
Intro strum between C – F5, then F5-G5
CCo
He's taking back the city one sinner at a time
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meF5 make your complaint to the Bootleg Saint He's been gone, keepin' on, keepin' on for your freedom F5-G5 Black boots, brown skin he has chemical rootsF#minHe'll sCacrifice iF#minf you pay tChe price
FHe remembers a time when everything was alright
We had water from wine, the streets were alive
F5-G5
Then old Captain Industry who sold his soul at Wounded Knee
Bought himself a little property
The Saint had found his enemy
F#min C F#min C C-F5
He'll sacrifice if you pay the price
FThe laws might sleep, but tChey never die
G C – F5
Lions for sheep - an eye for an eye
G C-F5
He wears a ring with the brand of a three-legged dog
G C-F5
His rose-coloured glasses cut through the fog
FThe laws might sleep bCut they never die
G C – F5
Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye
C – F5
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 saCcrifice ifF#min you pay Cthe price
FThe laws might sleep but tChey never die
G C – F5
Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye
FThe Bootleg Saint, well he wCalks the line
F C – F5
Between an everyman hero and a waste of time