Intro
After drums G# for 4 measures
[Verse 1]
G# F C# G#
You only got one finger left and its pointing at the door
G# F C# G#
And you're taking for granted what the Lord's made on the floor
G# F C# G#
So I'm picking up the pieces and I'm putting them up for sale
G# F C# G#
Throw your meal ticket out the window put your skeletons in jail
[Chorus]
D# G#
Cuz' Lord only knows its getting late
D# G#
Your senses are gone so don't you hesitate
C# F G# F
To give yourself a call let your bottom dollars fall
E D# G#
Throwing you two bit cares down the drain
[Drum Interlude]
[Solo]
2 bars of G#
[Verse 2]
G# F C# G#
Invite me to the seven seas like some seasick man
G# F C# G#
You will do whatever you please and I'll do whatever I can
G# F C# G#
Titanic, fare thee well, my eyes are turning pink
G# F C# G#
Don't call when the new age gets old enough to drink
[Chorus]
D# G#
Cuz' Lord only knows its getting late
D# G#
Your senses are gone so don't hesitate
C# F G# F
Move on up the hill there's nothing dead left to kill
E D# G#
Throwing your two bit cares down the drain
[Instrumental]
G# B F# D# C#
G# B F# D# C#
[Verse 3]
G# B F# D# C# G# B F#
Odelay, odelay, odelay, odelay, odelay, odelay
D# C# B/D-F#/D#/C#
Just passing through
G# B F# D# C#
Odelay, odelay, odelay, odelay
on the F# and B strings noodle around between the F# G# B and C# notes
[Outro]
Going back to Houston
Do the hotdog dance
Going back to Houston
To get me some pants