Verse
D G A D
When I’m wild with fear, anger and pain,
G
your voice it comes to me,
A D
hold, hold steady and rock slow.
D
Through the winters yeah, through the summers,
G
I’ve lost friends, I’ve lost teachers, lovers,
G D
they’re gone, gone, gone, but you won’t go.
[Chorus]
D G
What a day, what a time, what a long cold night,
A D
you gotta hold, hold steady and rock slow.
D G
I’m ’a tell no lies, hey, the 45 king he only plays 45s,
A D
and the only coca-cola, boys, is a Mexican coke.
[Bridge]
Bm
They came down they were bigger than we were you know,
G
somebody’s cousin was waving a pistol, well,
A
you stepped up hit him in his mouth you said:
A
“Go on put that toy back in its cereal box”.
[Verse 2]
D
You had a mother on the street, father inside,
G
uncle was a veteran, yeah, something wasn’t right with him,
A D
I caught him looking at me from across the room and it shivered my spine.
D
Yeah but you had a strength, you had a compass,
G
you weren’t scared of nobody yeah, you took all comers
A D
and the kids that were weaker than you, well, you treated 'em kind.
[Chorus]
D G
What a day, what a time, what a long cold night,
A D
you gotta hold, hold steady and rock slow.
D G
I’m ’a tell no lies, hey, the 45 king he only plays 45s,
A D
and the only coca-cola, boys, is a Mexican coke.
[Interlude]
D G A D
[Verse 3]
D
Well, they said you lost your mind
G
but it was more like something ate it out from the inside
A D
and you walked through the streets like a ghost with hollowed out eyes.
D
Kids, see you comin’ they cross the street,
G
mothers all told 'em not to speak to you
A D
and you didn’t recognize your own friends, yeah; when some of them tried.
D
But when you were 11 and I was 10,
G
you know, I learned everything that I needed to know then from you
A D
and to this day man I’m still tryin’ to be like you in my mind.
[Chorus]
D G
What a day, what a time, what a long cold night,
A D
you gotta hold, hold steady and rock slow.
D G
I’m ’a tell no lies, hey, the 45 king he only plays 45s,
A D
and the only coca-cola, boys, is a Mexican coke.
[Outro]
D D D D
D
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
D
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
D
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
D
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
D
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
D
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
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