Intro
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[Verse 1]
G G6
Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
Em D/F# G
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim7 Bm C
Follow me close, I’m going to Ballinalee
G/D D
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
C Ebdim7
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
G C/G G
I contain multitudes
[Verse 2]
G G6
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
Em D/F# G
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
Cdim7 Bm C
I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
G/D D
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
C Ebdim7
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
G C/G G
I contain multitudes
[Verse 3]
G G6
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
Em D/F# G
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7 Bm C
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
G/D D
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
C Ebdim7
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
G C/G G
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
B7/D# Em D#aug
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
G/D Em/C#
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
B7/D# Em D#aug
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
G/D A7/C#
I go right where all things lost are made good again
[Verse 4]
G G6
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
Em D/F# G
I have no apologies to make
Cdim7 Bm C
Everything's flowing all at the same time
G/D D
I live on the boulevard of crime
C Ebdim7
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
G C/G G
I contain multitudes
[Verse 5]
G G6
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
Em D/F# G
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
Cdim7 Bm C
All the old queens from all my past lives
G/D D
I carry four pistols and two large knives
C Ebdim7
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
G/D C/G G
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
B7/D# Em D#aug
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
G/D Em/C#
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
B7/D# Em D#aug
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
G/D A7/C#
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
G/D G6
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
Em D/F# G
Keep your mouth away from me
Cdim7 Bm C
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
G/D D
I’ll see to it that there's no love left behind
C Ebdim7
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
G/D C/G G
I contain multitudes