Ballad Of Jim Jones - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
BALLAD OF JIM JONES
(note: Recording is sped up, impossible to play along with recording w/ harmonica)
CHORDS USED
A (0-0-2-2-2-0
D (x-x-0-2-3-2
E (0-2-2-1-0-0
)
)
)
Harmonica (Key of A)
v (blow)
^ (pull)
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I walked to NY
and back from
LA
I lived on a m
ountain and on
ce by the bay
i bought an ap
artment and I'
ve slept in th
e hay
but theres no
place thats so
fter than...
the living tod
ay is just get
ting so bad
theres a look
on your face a
nd it says you
ve been had
you can take a
ll my money bu
t just dont ma
ke me mad
cause theres n
obody meaner t
han...
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I pray to budd
ha to allah an
d jim
I turned to je
sus and stayed
there with hi
m
I fell in deep
but I learned
how to swim
now theres nob
ody cleaner th
an me or than
him.
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