Intro
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[Verse 1]
C C6
Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
Am G/B C
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim7 Em F
Follow me close, I’m going to Ballinalee
C/G G
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
F Ebdim7
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
C F/C C
I contain multitudes
[Verse 2]
C C6
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
Am G/B C
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
Cdim7 Em F
I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
C/G G
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
F Ebdim7
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
C F/C C
I contain multitudes
[Verse 3]
C C6
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
Am G/B C
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7 Em F
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
C/G G
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
F Ebdim7
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
C F/C C
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
E7/G# Am G#aug
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
C/G Am/F#
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
E7/G# Am G#aug
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
C/G D7/F#
I go right where all things lost are made good again
[Verse 4]
C C6
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
Am G/B C
I have no apologies to make
Cdim7 Em F
Everything's flowing all at the same time
C/G G
I live on the boulevard of crime
F Ebdim7
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
C F/C C
I contain multitudes
[Verse 5]
C C6
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
Am G/B C
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
Cdim7 Em F
All the old queens from all my past lives
C/G G
I carry four pistols and two large knives
F Ebdim7
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
C/G F/C C
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
E7/G# Am G#aug
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
C/G Am/F#
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
E7/G# Am G#aug
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
C/G D7/F#
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
C/G C6
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
Am G/B C
Keep your mouth away from me
Cdim7 Em F
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
C/G G
I’ll see to it that there's no love left behind
F Ebdim7
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
C/G F/C C
I contain multitudes