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