Intro
| B | B6 | B | B6 |
[Verse 1]
B B6
Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
G#m F#/A# B
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim7 D#m E
Follow me close, I’m going to Ballinalee
B/F# F#
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
E Ebdim7
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
B E/B B
I contain multitudes
[Verse 2]
B B6
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
G#m F#/A# B
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
Cdim7 D#m E
I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
B/F# F#
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
E Ebdim7
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
B E/B B
I contain multitudes
[Verse 3]
B B6
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
G#m F#/A# B
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7 D#m E
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
B/F# F#
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
E Ebdim7
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
B E/B B
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
D#7/G G#m Gaug
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
B/F# G#m/F
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
D#7/G G#m Gaug
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
B/F# C#7/F
I go right where all things lost are made good again
[Verse 4]
B B6
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
G#m F#/A# B
I have no apologies to make
Cdim7 D#m E
Everything's flowing all at the same time
B/F# F#
I live on the boulevard of crime
E Ebdim7
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
B E/B B
I contain multitudes
[Verse 5]
B B6
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
G#m F#/A# B
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
Cdim7 D#m E
All the old queens from all my past lives
B/F# F#
I carry four pistols and two large knives
E Ebdim7
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
B/F# E/B B
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
D#7/G G#m Gaug
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
B/F# G#m/F
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
D#7/G G#m Gaug
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
B/F# C#7/F
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
B/F# B6
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
G#m F#/A# B
Keep your mouth away from me
Cdim7 D#m E
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
B/F# F#
I’ll see to it that there's no love left behind
E Ebdim7
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
B/F# E/B B
I contain multitudes