Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
Bm A/C# D
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim7 F#m G
Follow me close, I’m going to Ballinalee
D/A A
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
G Ebdim7
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
D G/D D
I contain multitudes
[Verse 2]
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Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
Bm A/C# D
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
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I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
D/A A
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
G Ebdim7
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
D G/D D
I contain multitudes
[Verse 3]
D D6
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
Bm A/C# D
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7 F#m G
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
D/A A
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
G Ebdim7
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
D G/D D
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
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I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
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And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
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I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
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I go right where all things lost are made good again
[Verse 4]
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I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
Bm A/C# D
I have no apologies to make
Cdim7 F#m G
Everything's flowing all at the same time
D/A A
I live on the boulevard of crime
G Ebdim7
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
D G/D D
I contain multitudes
[Verse 5]
D D6
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
Bm A/C# D
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
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All the old queens from all my past lives
D/A A
I carry four pistols and two large knives
G Ebdim7
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
D/A G/D D
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
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You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
D/A Bm/G#
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
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I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
D/A E7/G#
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
D/A D6
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
Bm A/C# D
Keep your mouth away from me
Cdim7 F#m G
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
D/A A
I’ll see to it that there's no love left behind
G Ebdim7
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
D/A G/D D
I contain multitudes