Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
C#m B/D# E
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim7 G#m A
Follow me close, I’m going to Ballinalee
E/B B
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
A Ebdim7
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
E A/E E
I contain multitudes
[Verse 2]
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Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
C#m B/D# E
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
Cdim7 G#m A
I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
E/B B
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
A Ebdim7
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
E A/E E
I contain multitudes
[Verse 3]
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Red Cadillac and a black moustache
C#m B/D# E
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7 G#m A
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
E/B B
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
A Ebdim7
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
E A/E E
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
G#7/C C#m Caug
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
E/B C#m/A#
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
G#7/C C#m Caug
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]
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I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
C#m B/D# E
I have no apologies to make
Cdim7 G#m A
Everything's flowing all at the same time
E/B B
I live on the boulevard of crime
A Ebdim7
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
E A/E E
I contain multitudes
[Verse 5]
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Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
C#m B/D# E
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
Cdim7 G#m A
All the old queens from all my past lives
E/B B
I carry four pistols and two large knives
A Ebdim7
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
E/B A/E E
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
G#7/C C#m Caug
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
E/B C#m/A#
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
G#7/C C#m Caug
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
E/B F#7/A#
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
E/B E6
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
C#m B/D# E
Keep your mouth away from me
Cdim7 G#m A
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
E/B B
I’ll see to it that there's no love left behind
A Ebdim7
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
E/B A/E E
I contain multitudes