Rotten Town

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(The above is played for the first 
verse and the first half of the 
second verse)

Verse 1:
      Am                   Dm
'Twas quite the inky black night
        Am
All the weather vanes were turning
        E                        
And the constable was burning out 
     Am
his light
     Am                   Dm
When low our anchors went down, 
barnacle bound
    Am
The men were up and churning
         E                         
Yes, and soon the square was 
         Am
burning to the ground

Walkup
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E|--------------| 


Prechorus:

    Dm                    E
And oh the flames were as gold

Chorus:

               Am     F
I scowl at the angry moon
     C                    G
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
              Am
What have I become
            F          E
A drunken maroon run aground
               Am     Am Am E Am
In this rotten town

Verse 2:

     Am                  Dm
It's been a fortnight or two
Continues after the ad
    Am
The mutineers are plotting against
    E                             
the captain as I'm rotting in the 
Am
goo

(palm mute)
    Am
The constable was set to drown while
 the shabby scabs that went to town 
were
Dm
reconnoitering with blades and gun
        Am
But the ale had started spilling
         E                         
Yes, and soon the crew was killing 
     Am
everyone

(walkup)

Prechorus 2:

    Dm                         
And all the streets burned with 
 E
gold,
     Dm                    E
But, oh,  my bones were so cold

Chorus: (slightly different)

               Am     F
I scowl at the angry moon
     C                    G
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
              Am
What have I become
            F          C
A drunken maroon run aground
G              E
In this rotten town

Bridge:

  A
I stumble down the harbor to the 
tavern on the square
And heard a raucous ruckus as it 
E
rang
A
From some foul inebriates
     D
Some men I used to call my mates
     A                E           
Were lost in song and this is what
      A
 they sang

They sang,
  A                         
"Heigh, hi, yo, ho! O'er the 
             E
Atlantic we go
A
Drinking 'till we all get sick
    D
And coming up with limericks
       A             E            
But we never quite remember how 
   A
they end"

      F#m              D
I can see my childhood home
  A                    E
I think of my dear old mum
              Am     Am Am E Am
What have I become

Chorus: (same chords as the first 
chorus)

I scowl at the angry moon
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (I scowl at the 
angry moon)

I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (I scowl at the 
angry moon)

I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (In this rotten)
In this rotten, In this rotten town