Intro
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[Verse 1]
C# C#6
Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
A#m G#/C C#
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
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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# C#6
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
A#m G#/C C#
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
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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# C#6
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
A#m G#/C C#
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7 Fm 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]
F7/A A#m Aaug
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
C#/G# A#m/G
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
F7/A A#m Aaug
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
C#/G# D#7/G
I go right where all things lost are made good again
[Verse 4]
C# C#6
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
A#m G#/C C#
I have no apologies to make
Cdim7 Fm 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# C#6
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
A#m G#/C C#
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
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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]
F7/A A#m Aaug
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
C#/G# A#m/G
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
F7/A A#m Aaug
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
C#/G# D#7/G
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
C#/G# C#6
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
A#m G#/C C#
Keep your mouth away from me
Cdim7 Fm 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