Cruel White Water

E A Up near the border where the cruel white water E A Drowns vagabond who sleeps too low E A Me and my companion, famous Jack O'Lanterns E A Tracked the misty mountain through the snow F#m E D A Ran across the hidden chord, couldn't learn the changes D E A Blue Pacific called, I had to go F#m E D A There was holly on the ivy in the apparition mountains D E A The warmest bed I found was ten below E A Courted lady Greensleeves, she threw me out the window E A I landed like a feather in the trees E A Took off across New Mexico and landed in the Bayou E A But the catfish was too lean, I had to blow E A Don't lie for gold, no, no, no E A Don't lie for love, turns out cold F#m D A If life depends, just get out whole E A Don't lie for less, no, no, no, no D A Marie, Marie Helena E A You're my amour, you're my own heart D A Oh, Marie, Marie Helena E A Oh Marie, Marie Helena E A Left the life of ease and caught the black iron steamer E A Across the barren waste to your arcade E A I sang, 'Take me to your leader in my strangest country tenor' E A The bed I meant to lay was halfway made F#m E D A Leftover pieces aren't exactly what I needed D E A They didn't have much meaning on their own F#m E D A There was some talk of deviation from what was never mentioned D E A So I set out to find the wrong way home E A Home inside the hour, tuning my guitar E A Well, I get that sudden urge I know too well E A I finished my rendition of don't pity my condition E A Then I looked around to find what I could sell E A Can't sell your soul, leave that alone E A Can't change your role, Big Daddy Low F#m D A Don't break your back less than love E A Don't trade your love stars above D A And Marie, Marie Helena E A My firelight, you steal my heart D A Oh Marie, Marie Helena E A Oh Marie, Marie Helena E A Caught up with Jack O'Lanterns in a town called Make It Hurt E A Preaching three card Monte in the Live And Let It Church E A The choir was down and dirty, drawin' bad and bettin' worse E A Left at ten to six in a padded hearse F#m E D A I might find companions in the after-hour taverns D E A Tell a tale or two I've never heard F#m E D A but the strangest song I know is 'What the thunder says to lightning' D E A And I never could recall a single word Except Up, near the border where the cruel white water Drowns the vagabond who sleeps too low Me and my companion, famous Jack O'Lanterns Tracked the misty mountains through the snow Don't lie for gold, no, no, no Don't lie for love, turns out cold If life depends, just get out whole Don't lie for less, no, no, no, no Marie, Marie Helena You're my amour, you're my own heart Oh Marie, Marie Helena Marie Marie, Marie Helena Marie, Marie Helena Marie Marie, Marie Helena Marie, Marie Helena Marie Marie, Marie Helena Marie, Marie Helena Marie Marie, Marie Helena Marie, Marie Helena Marie Marie, Marie Helena