Long Shadow Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Intro: Am
Well I[C]?ll tell you o[F]ne thing [C]that I kn[G]ow
You don?t f[C]ace your demons [Am]down
You got to [C]grab em jack
And [F]pin em to the g[G]round
The D[Am]evil may care, and maybe [C]God he won?t
You be[Am]tter make sure you c[C]heck on the Do?s and the [G]Don?ts
[C]Crawl up the Mou[Am]ntain
To reach where the Eagles fly
Su[C]re you can glimpse from the mo[Am]untaintop
Where the s[F]oul of the [C]muse might r[Dm]ise.
And if you [C]put it all t[Am]ogether
You w[C]on?t have to look a[Am]round
[F]You k[C]now you [Dm]cast
A Long S[F]hadow On the [Am]Ground
T[C]hen one day [F]I could t[C]ell my [G]tracks
By the h[C]oles in the soles of my [Am]shoes
And [C]that the day I sa[F]id
I?m gonna make the n[G]ews
And f[C]alling in the ga[Am]rden
Of d[C]ays so long [Am]ago
So[C]mewhere in the m[Am]emory
The [F]sun s[C]hines on you[Dm] boy
Pl[C]aying in the A[Am]rroyos
Where the American rivers flow
Fr[C]om the Appalac[Am]hians
Do[F]wn to the D[C]elta R[Dm]oads
A m[C]an can?t think so l[Am]ong
His brain could well explode
There?s t[C]rains running thru the [Am]junctions
A [F]King comes d[C]own the r[Dm]oad
And if you p[C]ut it all t[Am]ogether
You [C]won?t have to look a[Am]round
[F]You [C]know you [Dm]cast
A Long S[F]hadow On the G[Am]round
Lis[G]ten to the Country- The Night Jar and the Bell
Li[G]sten to the Night Streamliner
Soun[G]ding like the wolves of Hell
He[C]ad for the w[Am]ater- the water of the cleansing spell
It was [C]always are de[Am]stination
On the [F]express of the [C]Ne?er Do [Dm]Wells
And we [C]rock thru Madison [Am]City
And we [C]didn?t even know she was t[Am]here
And when we [C]hit the Buffers in M[Am]emphis
And [F]Beale street didn?t [C]have no p[Dm]rayer
I he[C]ar punks talk of a[Am]narchy- I hear h[C]obos on the r[Am]ailroad
I hear [C]mutterings on the [Am]chain-gangs
It was t[F]hose men who b[C]uilt the [Dm]roads
And if you [C]put it all to[Am]gether
You [C]didn?t even once r[Am]elent
[F]You [C]cast a Long [Dm]Shadow
[F]And that [G]is your te[Am]stament
[F]Somewh[C]ere in my s[Dm]oul, there?s always Rock and [C]Roll
Intro: Am
Well I[C]?ll tell you o[F]ne thing [C]that I kn[G]ow
You don?t f[C]ace your demons [Am]down
You got to [C]grab em jack
And [F]pin em to the g[G]round
The D[Am]evil may care, and maybe [C]God he won?t
You be[Am]tter make sure you c[C]heck on the Do?s and the [G]Don?ts
[C]Crawl up the Mou[Am]ntain
To reach where the Eagles fly
Su[C]re you can glimpse from the mo[Am]untaintop
Where the s[F]oul of the [C]muse might r[Dm]ise.
And if you [C]put it all t[Am]ogether
You w[C]on?t have to look a[Am]round
[F]You k[C]now you [Dm]cast
A Long S[F]hadow On the [Am]Ground
T[C]hen one day [F]I could t[C]ell my [G]tracks
By the h[C]oles in the soles of my [Am]shoes
And [C]that the day I sa[F]id
I?m gonna make the n[G]ews
And f[C]alling in the ga[Am]rden
Of d[C]ays so long [Am]ago
So[C]mewhere in the m[Am]emory
The [F]sun s[C]hines on you[Dm] boy
Pl[C]aying in the A[Am]rroyos
Where the American rivers flow
Fr[C]om the Appalac[Am]hians
Do[F]wn to the D[C]elta R[Dm]oads
A m[C]an can?t think so l[Am]ong
His brain could well explode
There?s t[C]rains running thru the [Am]junctions
A [F]King comes d[C]own the r[Dm]oad
And if you p[C]ut it all t[Am]ogether
You [C]won?t have to look a[Am]round
[F]You [C]know you [Dm]cast
A Long S[F]hadow On the G[Am]round
Lis[G]ten to the Country- The Night Jar and the Bell
Li[G]sten to the Night Streamliner
Soun[G]ding like the wolves of Hell
He[C]ad for the w[Am]ater- the water of the cleansing spell
It was [C]always are de[Am]stination
On the [F]express of the [C]Ne?er Do [Dm]Wells
And we [C]rock thru Madison [Am]City
And we [C]didn?t even know she was t[Am]here
And when we [C]hit the Buffers in M[Am]emphis
And [F]Beale street didn?t [C]have no p[Dm]rayer
I he[C]ar punks talk of a[Am]narchy- I hear h[C]obos on the r[Am]ailroad
I hear [C]mutterings on the [Am]chain-gangs
It was t[F]hose men who b[C]uilt the [Dm]roads
And if you [C]put it all to[Am]gether
You [C]didn?t even once r[Am]elent
[F]You [C]cast a Long [Dm]Shadow
[F]And that [G]is your te[Am]stament
[F]Somewh[C]ere in my s[Dm]oul, there?s always Rock and [C]Roll
