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