Intro
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[Verse 1]
F F6
Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
Dm C/E F
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim7 Am A#
Follow me close, I’m going to Ballinalee
F/C C
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
A# Ebdim7
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
F A#/F F
I contain multitudes
[Verse 2]
F F6
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
Dm C/E F
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
Cdim7 Am A#
I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
F/C C
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
A# Ebdim7
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
F A#/F F
I contain multitudes
[Verse 3]
F F6
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
Dm C/E F
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7 Am A#
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
F/C C
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
A# Ebdim7
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
F A#/F F
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
A7/C# Dm C#aug
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
F/C Dm/B
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
A7/C# Dm C#aug
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
F/C G7/B
I go right where all things lost are made good again
[Verse 4]
F F6
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
Dm C/E F
I have no apologies to make
Cdim7 Am A#
Everything's flowing all at the same time
F/C C
I live on the boulevard of crime
A# Ebdim7
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
F A#/F F
I contain multitudes
[Verse 5]
F F6
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
Dm C/E F
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
Cdim7 Am A#
All the old queens from all my past lives
F/C C
I carry four pistols and two large knives
A# Ebdim7
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
F/C A#/F F
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
A7/C# Dm C#aug
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
F/C Dm/B
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
A7/C# Dm C#aug
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
F/C G7/B
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
F/C F6
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
Dm C/E F
Keep your mouth away from me
Cdim7 Am A#
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
A# Ebdim7
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
F/C A#/F F
I contain multitudes