Epitaph

Tuning: Standard

●Intro

  C  Dm  G (2x)
  F  C   G
  C  Dm  G
  F  C   G

●Verse 1
   C              Dm              
  bad luck just weaves through the
  G
 city,
           F       C          G  
(etc...)
  but it's keeping away from us
  we move at a crawl through the 
traffic
  and water street is humming along
  with me and cecilia singing
  and banging on the dashboard in 
time,
  we sing the words on her father's 
gravestone
  and he's there in the humid 
light...singing:

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●Chorus
  Am            G
  don't let the bastards grind you 
down... (3x)

●Verse 2 (same as verse 1)

  good luck's in town for the 
weekend
  so we stumble around until dawn
  daylight just melts through the 
narrows
  and those morning birds are 
humming along
  with me and cecilia singing
  and stamping on the asphalt to 
prove
  we are the children of strength 
and of vigor
  we were born in the morning 
blue...singing:

●Chorus (same as last chorus)

  don't let the bastards grind you 
down... (3x)

●Interlude
              C                  
  when you're all, 'Jesus Murphy' 
       G
and 'Ave Maria'
        Am                        F 
  (etc...)
  and 'send me the courage', and 
'let me be delivered'
  cause there's devils among us, 
there's devils living among us
  some have not got their teeth up, 
and some are ashes and near-dust
  and they're riding the freeways, 
and they're locking their front door
 at dusk
  and they're raising their 
families, and they're raising their 
fingers at us
  but this is a good town, this here
 is a heavy ancient thing
  this is a new land, this here is a
 thing they'll never see
  when they're all 'Jesus Murphy' 
and 'Ave Maria'
  and 'send me the courage', and 
'let me be delivered'
  but
  Am            G
  don't let the bastards grind you 
down (4x)

●Outro
  C             Dm                
  bad luck just weaves through the 
G
city
           F        C         G