Wherefore Art Thou Elvis

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                   Intro
               F#m E D E (x4) Listen for the palm mutes


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I cut my teeth on the stone of a teenage romance

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I was the salt of the earth, I was hard, and the last of the independents

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And the breath from my chest I was blowing kerosene

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My lips and fingertips were stone, I wore my heart on my jeans

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I sang the blues like the dogs left too long in the street
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I still sing the blues with the dogs

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And I got half a mind to let it all burn up in this fire

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That's been burning through my veins since I first learned to cry

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I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again

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I never felt right and never fit in

             (F#m     E     D    E) x4   same as intro
Walking in my own skin

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Now I got scars like the number of stars, my mind's full of vipers

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I got the dust of the desert in my bones, coming through the amplifiers

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Between the minor chord fall and the fourth and the fifth

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It's a broken Hallelujah and a pain in my fist

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I wash my hands like the man with the blood on his teeth

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Over and over without relief

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And I got nothing for you darling but a story to tell

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About the rain on the pavement and the sound as it fell

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I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again

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I never felt right and never fit in

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Walking in my old man shoes, with my scientist heart

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I got a fever and a beaker and a shot in the dark

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I need a Cadillac ride, I need a soft summer night

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Say a prayer for my soul, Señorita

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Because I've been dying out here in the cold and the snow

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I've got a picture of you, Mama, to remind me of home

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On the hood of a Dodge on a Saturday night

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Say a prayer for my soul, Señorita