The Devils Harp

Am Am/G Am/F# E6/G# x 2 Am Am/G I tuned the devils harp Am/F# E6/G# It was the last thing that I heard Am Am/G Before I walked the stretch of road Am/F# E6/G# between Nagoya and absurd Dm7 I meant to find my lover there Am Am/G Am/F# But I found a little bird F Am/E Dm7 F/C She sang me how the world was made F/B E6/G# Am I hung on every word Am Am/G She told me why the rabbit cries Am/F# E6/G# and why some stars were red Am Am/G She told me where the doper goes Am/F# E6/G# to lay his weary head Dm7 And that the world was incomplete Am Am/G Am/F# And the king would soon be dead F Am/E Dm7 F/C She offered me her wing that night F/B E6/G# Am I took the road instead Am (3x0003) D7 Am Maybe im back, baby D7 Am Maybe im falling from the poplar tree D7 F#m D7 Am Carry me back, baby Am Am/G With borrowed pride I could not hide Am/F# E6/G# I grew a sailors beard Am Am/G And as I walked to my innocence Am/F# E6/G# My leaves disappeared Dm7 Rented a room upon the hill Am Am/G Am/F# Where a marble cat appeared F Am/E Dm7 F/C Showed me where the fire was F/B E6/G# Am And I had nothing to fear Am Am/G For all gods good and brotherhood Am/F# E6/G# We drank til I was crowned Am Am/G Then a lady from the Everglades Am/F# E6/G# pulled my ass up off the ground Dm7 She kissed me four times on the cheek Am Am/G Am/F# And once upon the brow F Am/E Dm7 F/C For a moment I believed that I F/B E6/G# Am had come for what I found

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|Am |E7 |D7b9(no3)|Am | |Ab/D |Gm* |D7b9(no3)| | |Gm |D6/Gb |D7/A(no3)|Gm | |Dm7 |Am/C |F/B E6/G#|Am | |Gm* | |E6/G# E7/B|Am | |Dm7 |Am/C |F/B E6/G#|Am | Am Am/G Now I sit alone Am/F# E6/G# with all the cracks in my guitar Am Am/G For all the miles Ive put behind Am/F# E6/G# I havent come that far Dm7 But we are all compelled to look Am Am/G Am/F# For the wind inside a jar Am (3x0003) D7 Am Maybe im back, baby D7 Am Maybe im falling from the poplar tree D7 F#m D7 Am Carry me back, baby