• A7
  • D
  • D7
  • G
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Key:
D A7 This old town's, filled with sin,
D7 G it'll swallow you in,
D A7 if you've got, some money to burn,
D A7 Take it home, right away, you've
D7 G got three years to pay
D A7 D D7 but satan. is waiting his turn [Chorus]
G A7 This old earthquake's gonna leave
D me in the poorhouse,
G D it seems like this whole town's
A7 insane.
G A7 On the thirty-first floor,
D7 G D A gold plated door, won't keep out,
A7 D A7 the lords burning reign. [Verse 2]
D A7 D7 The scientists say, It'll all
G wash away,
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D A7 But we don't believe any more
D A7 Cause we've got our recruits and
D7 G our green mohair suits
D A7 D So please show you I.D. At the
D7 door. [Chorus]
G A7 This old earthquake's gonna leave
D D7 me in the poorhouse,
G D it seems like this whole town's
A7 insane.
G A7 On the thirty-first floor,
D7 G D A gold plated door, won't keep out,
A7 D A7 the lords burning reign. [Verse 3]
D A7 D7 A friend came around, Tried to
G clean up this town;
D A7 His ideas made some people mad.
D A7 But he trusted his crowd, So he
D7 G spoke right out loud
D A7 And they lost the best friend they
D D7 had [Chorus]
G A7 This old earthquake's gonna leave
D D7 me in the poorhouse,
G D it seems like this whole town's
A7 insane.
G A7 On the thirty-first floor,
D7 G D A gold plated door, won't keep out,
A7 D D7 the lords burning reign. [Other]
G A7 D7 On the thirty-first floor your
G gold plated door
D A7 Won't keep out the Lord's burning
D rain
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Composition: Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons

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