The Nightwatchman - Maximum Firepower
My first "tab" this one, but it's such a great song and nobody posted the chords for it
here you go. The bridge after each chorus is a bit off, but feel free to give me a
one at hhanasand@gmail.com and I'll do some changes. Enjoy.
Am
This one's for the shoeshine boy
And the farmer in debt
Am
Each string is barbed wire
Each chord is a threat
G
This blues guy I met
That never had a hit
Am
Said you don't gotta be loud, son
To be heavy as s**t
Am
Well I'm the triggerman, baby
And tonight I'll prove
Am
That this machine here
Well it kills fascists too
G
And don't be surprised
If the sermon on the mount
Am
Next time is delivered
In a little coffee house
Dm
Cause somebody here's
Gotta let them know
Am
I doubt it's me
But here I go
Dm
I hit the button
Tape started to roll
Am
The song's got fire
G
But it's got no soul
C Am G
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G Am
Between here and home
C GAm
Drop down into the valley
GAm
Piano playin' in the living room
F Am
And when you see the white barn
G Am
You'll know the journey's through
C G Am
My dog's barking in the backseat
G Am
Cause he knows it too
Dm - C - G
Am
You'll need a fake passport
And fix your disguise
Am
And don't fire, sugar
Til you see the whites of their eyes
G
I turned the other cheek
But now I'm through
Am
The skin you're in
Makes choices for you
Dm
I was checking off names
And I came late to dinner
Am
Seems the slices of pie
Keep getting thinner and thinner
G
Brothers and sisters
Rejoice and repent
Am
The landlord's dead
You can keep the rent
Dm
You got twelve fine friends
But one of 'em's rotten
Am
There's a hole out back
Ain't got no bottom
Dm
Forty days in the wilderness
Forty sleepless nights
Am
I'm confused, half blind
G
And sure I'm right
C Am G
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G Am
Between here and home
C GAm
Drop down into the valley
GAm
Piano playin' in the living room
F Am
And when you see the white barn
G Am
You'll know the journey's through
C G Am
My dog's barking in the backseat
G Am
Cause he knows it too
Dm - C - G
Dm
Officer please
I won't be long
Am
Called the radio station
Requested this song
Dm
I had my doubts
About what I knew
Am
So I turned it up
G
Then it sounded true
Am
Kiss the ring
If the Queen will let you
Am
But come over the fence
And the dogs will get you
G
On a rope hung the traitor
On a hook hung the meat
Am
You and me are missing persons
C G
Til we're counted in the streets
Am
So seize the time
And storm the tower
G
And come correct
Maximum Firepower (continued)
Am (??)
With Maximum Firepower
For the sins of the fathers
The son he must pay
Am
The Nightwatchman giveth
C G
And he taketh away
Dm
Thought hard about this next line
Pretty sure it's true
Am
If you take a step towards freedom
It'll take two steps towards you
Dm
So mister I ain't scared
And mister I ain't worried
AmG
Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop
I sit as judge and jury
C Am G
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G Am
Between here and home
C GAm
Drop down into the valley
GAm
Piano playin' in the living room
F Am
And when you see the white barn
G Am
You'll know the journey's through
C G Am
My dog's barking in the backseat
G Am
Cause he knows it too
Dm - C - G
Am
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
G
You've got three more seconds
Am
To choose sides
