Take A Long Line - The Angels (Australia)
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
[Use Barre Chords: A then lift off for G]
This is it fol
ks, over the t
op
[Intro x 2}
[Verse 1]
He was selling
postcards fro
m a paper stan
d
The whiskey bo
ttle in his wi
thered hand
Put his finger
on a photo fr
om an old maga
zine
Saw himself in
the shadow of
his dream
They found him
with his head
inside a tin-
pot crown
Told him his f
eet stank and
took him downt
own
Called him agi
tator, spy and
thief
Shut him up in
solitary thir
d degree
[Chorus]
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Reel him in
[Verse 2]
He tried to ap
peal to the ki
ng of might
Said "I'm just
exercising my
sacred right"
The king he sa
id "You ain't
got no rights
You're a madma
n, a traitor,
get outta my s
ight"
[Chorus]
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Reel him in
[SOLO]
[The whole solo can be played on strings 1,2,and 3]
[Start with the 1st string 12th fret,or properly by bending the 2nd string from the 15th fret two semitones]
[Verse 3]
They found him
with his head
inside a tin-
pot crown
Told him his f
eet stank and
took him downt
own
Called him agi
tator, spy and
thief
Shut him up in
solitary thir
d degree
Then they put
him aboard a w
ell wound whir
lwind
Pulled out his
teeth and the
y told him to
grin
He gave them a
smile, pulled
out a bottle
of wine
And said "I ne
ver existed, y
ou've been was
ting your time
"
[Chorus]
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Reel him in
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Reel him in
Take a long li
ne
Take a long li
ne
Take a long, l
ong long long
line
Reel him in
Songwriters: Bernard Patrick Neeson / John Carrington Brewster-Jones / Richard Brewster-Jones