The Nightwatchman - Maximum firepower
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The Nightwatchman - Maximum Firepower
My first "tab" this one, but it's such a great song and nobody posted the chords for it
here you go. The bridge after each chorus is a bit off, but feel free to give me a
one at hhanasand@gmail.com and I'll do some changes. Enjoy.
AmThis one's for the shoeshine boy
And the farmer in debt
AmEach string is barbed wire
Each chord is a threat
GThis blues guy I met
That never had a hit
AmSaid you don't gotta be loud, son
To be heavy as shit
AmWell I'm the triggerman, baby
And tonight I'll prove
AmThat this machine here
Well it kills fascists too
GAnd don't be surprised
If the sermon on the mount
AmNext time is delivered
In a little coffee house
DmCause somebody here's
Gotta let them know
AmI doubt it's me
But here I go
DmI hit the button
Tape started to roll
AmThe song's got fire
GBut it's got no soul
C Am G
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G Am
Between here and home
C G Am
Drop down into the valley
G Am
Piano playin' in the living room
F Am
And when you see the white barn
G Am
You'll know the journey's through
C G Am
My dog's barking in the backseat
G Am
Cause he knows it too
Dm - C - G
AmYou'll need a fake passport
And fix your disguise
AmAnd don't fire, sugar
Til you see the whites of their eyes
GI turned the other cheek
But now I'm through
AmThe skin you're in
Makes choices for you
DmI was checking off names
And I came late to dinner
AmSeems the slices of pie
Keep getting thinner and thinner
GBrothers and sisters
Rejoice and repent
AmThe landlord's dead
You can keep the rent
DmYou got twelve fine friends
But one of 'em's rotten
AmThere's a hole out back
Ain't got no bottom
DmForty days in the wilderness
Forty sleepless nights
AmI'm confused, half blind
GAnd sure I'm right
C Am G
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G Am
Between here and home
C G Am
Drop down into the valley
G Am
Piano playin' in the living room
F Am
And when you see the white barn
G Am
You'll know the journey's through
C G Am
My dog's barking in the backseat
G Am
Cause he knows it too
Dm - C - G
DmOfficer please
I won't be long
AmCalled the radio station
Requested this song
DmI had my doubts
About what I knew
AmSo I turned it up
GThen it sounded true
AmKiss the ring
If the Queen will let you
AmBut come over the fence
And the dogs will get you
GOn a rope hung the traitor
On a hook hung the meat
AmYou and me are missing persons
C G
Til we're counted in the streets
AmSo seize the time
And storm the tower
GAnd come correct
Maximum Firepower (continued)
Am (??)
With Maximum Firepower
For the sins of the fathers
The son he must pay
AmThe Nightwatchman giveth
C G
And he taketh away
DmThought hard about this next line
Pretty sure it's true
AmIf you take a step towards freedom
It'll take two steps towards you
DmSo mister I ain't scared
And mister I ain't worried
Am G
Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop
I sit as judge and jury
C Am G
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G Am
Between here and home
C G Am
Drop down into the valley
G Am
Piano playin' in the living room
F Am
And when you see the white barn
G Am
You'll know the journey's through
C G Am
My dog's barking in the backseat
G Am
Cause he knows it too
Dm - C - G
AmThe clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
GYou've got three more seconds
Am
To choose sides