Intro
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[Verse 1]
A A6
Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
F#m E/G# A
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim7 C#m D
Follow me close, I’m going to Ballinalee
A/E E
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
D Ebdim7
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
A D/A A
I contain multitudes
[Verse 2]
A A6
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
F#m E/G# A
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
Cdim7 C#m D
I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
A/E E
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
D Ebdim7
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
A D/A A
I contain multitudes
[Verse 3]
A A6
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
F#m E/G# A
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7 C#m D
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
A/E E
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
D Ebdim7
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
A D/A A
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
C#7/F F#m Faug
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
A/E F#m/D#
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
C#7/F F#m Faug
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]
A A6
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
F#m E/G# A
I have no apologies to make
Cdim7 C#m D
Everything's flowing all at the same time
A/E E
I live on the boulevard of crime
D Ebdim7
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
A D/A A
I contain multitudes
[Verse 5]
A A6
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
F#m E/G# A
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
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All the old queens from all my past lives
A/E E
I carry four pistols and two large knives
D Ebdim7
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
A/E D/A A
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
C#7/F F#m Faug
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
A/E F#m/D#
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
C#7/F F#m Faug
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
A/E B7/D#
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
A/E A6
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
F#m E/G# A
Keep your mouth away from me
Cdim7 C#m D
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
A/E E
I’ll see to it that there's no love left behind
D Ebdim7
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
A/E D/A A
I contain multitudes