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