A5

[Verse]
    Am
He lived down by the farmhouse
           G
where the stray cats sleep at night,
        F
just a deck of cards,

two fold out chairs,
       E
and the ghost of his wife
        Am
and the devil lived in his doorway,
      G
kept out the love and hope.
            F                       E
He lived a long, long, long time,

a long time ago.
    Am
He lost one yellow sunday,
         G
when he reached into his throat
     F
and pulled out all the people
            E
that he had bit

and tried to choke
      Am
but together they overwhelmed him,
        G
and he couldn't help but explode.
           F                       E
He lost a long, long, long time,

a long time ago.

[Chorus]

Dm                                   Am
Asked a man in town and he said he's lonely
            Gm                       Dm
Said he was strange, and he was all alone
            Em
No place to go
              Dm
He went up in smoke
                   E
do do doooo doooo doooo doooo


A5

[Verse]
     Am
Well he left in a hurry
           G
when the cops kicked in his door.
           F
He jumped out the second story,
                 E
limped down the road

and hijacked a car.
              Am
He stuck his head out the broken window,
         G
and he howled like the devil's own.
           F                        E
He left a long, long, long time,

a long time ago.

[Chorus]

Dm                                   Am
Asked a man in town and he said he's lonely
            Gm                       Dm
Said he was strange, and he was all alone
            Em
No place to go
              Dm
He went up in smoke
                   E
do do doooo doooo doooo doooo

[Verse]
    Am
He flew right past the border,
                G
he ditched the car and dyed his hair.
    F
he took out his deck of cards
                   E
for a couple last rounds

of solitaire,
        Am
and he slept just like a baby,
            G
though the night was hard and cold.
           F                        E
He flew a long, long, long time,

a long time ago.
          Am
When he passed through the devil's doorway,
         G
well he knew just where he was.
          F
He threw back his head and howled
          E
as he resigned himself to dust
          Am
and they found him in the rio fuerte,
     G
His body was still afloat.
             F                       E
He passed a long, long, long time,

a long time ago.

A5


[Chords]
A5 - A Power Chord = x-0-2-2-x-x
Am - A Minor = x-0-2-2-1-0
G - G Major  = 3-2-0-0-0-1
F - F Major  = 1-3-3-2-1-1
E - E Major  = 0-2-2-1-0-0
Dm - D Minor = x-x-0-2-3-1