Maximum Firepower
The Nightwatchman
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Am This one's for the shoeshine boy And the farmer in debtAm Each string is barbed wire Each chord is a threatG This blues guy I met That never had a hitAm Said you don't gotta be loud, son To be heavy as shitAm Well I'm the triggerman, baby And tonight I'll proveAm That this machine here Well it kills fascists tooG And don't be surprised If the sermon on the mountAm Next time is delivered In a little coffee houseDm Cause somebody here's Gotta let them knowAm I doubt it's me But here I goDm I hit the button Tape started to rollAm The song's got fireG But it's got no soulC Am G There's a lonely stretch of blacktopG Am Between here and homeC G Am Drop down into the valleyG Am Piano playin' in the living roomF Am And when you see the white barnG Am You'll know the journey's throughC G Am My dog's barking in the backseatG Am Cause he knows it tooDm - C - GAm You'll need a fake passport And fix your disguiseAm And don't fire, sugar Til you see the whites of their eyesG I turned the other cheek But now I'm throughAm The skin you're inContinues after the adMakes choices for youDm I was checking off names And I came late to dinnerAm Seems the slices of pie Keep getting thinner and thinnerG Brothers and sisters Rejoice and repentAm The landlord's dead You can keep the rentDm You got twelve fine friends But one of 'em's rottenAm There's a hole out back Ain't got no bottomDm Forty days in the wilderness Forty sleepless nightsAm I'm confused, half blindG And sure I'm rightC Am G There's a lonely stretch of blacktopG Am Between here and homeC G Am Drop down into the valleyG Am Piano playin' in the living roomF Am And when you see the white barnG Am You'll know the journey's throughC G Am My dog's barking in the backseatG Am Cause he knows it tooDm - C - GDm Officer please I won't be longAm Called the radio station Requested this songDm I had my doubts About what I knewAm So I turned it upG Then it sounded trueAm Kiss the ring If the Queen will let youAm But come over the fence And the dogs will get youG On a rope hung the traitor On a hook hung the meatAm You and me are missing personsC G Til we're counted in the streetsAm So seize the time And storm the towerG And come correct Maximum Firepower (continued)Am (??) With Maximum Firepower For the sins of the fathers The son he must payAm The Nightwatchman givethC G And he taketh awayDm Thought hard about this next line Pretty sure it's trueAm If you take a step towards freedom It'll take two steps towards youDm So mister I ain't scared And mister I ain't worriedAm G Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop I sit as judge and juryC Am G There's a lonely stretch of blacktopG Am Between here and homeC G Am Drop down into the valleyG Am Piano playin' in the living roomF Am And when you see the white barnG Am You'll know the journey's throughC G Am My dog's barking in the backseatG Am Cause he knows it tooDm - C - GAm The clock strikes the hour Tonight we ride The clock strikes the hour Tonight we ride The clock strikes the hour Tonight we rideG You've got three more secondsAm To choose sides