Intro
A# Dm Dm Gm
A# Dm Dm Gm
[Riff 1]
Gm
[Verse 1]
F
She bled so hard during his birth
Gm
She was the middle child, the poet nurse
C
To the union dying swayback horse
A#
And the future of the universe
[Chorus]
F A#
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
Cm F
When he was on the high wire
Ebmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
Cm F
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
[Riff 1]
Gm
[Verse 2]
F
She found her son's heart that lives in a lucky unlucky man
Gm
To the strangers chest she holds her hand
C
He getting lost in the ceiling fan
A#
And his modified American plan
[Chorus]
F A#
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
Cm F
When he was on the high wire
Ebmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
Cm F
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
[Riff 2]
Gm
[Bridge]
Gm Gb Ab
The outcast, is digging in the yard
Gm Gb Ab
He found the mast of the Scottish second guard
Cm Ab
But wait, when he found the Van Gogh
Fm F A# D
But no one lent an ear
[Chorus]
A# F A#
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
Cm F
When he was on the high wire
Ebmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
Cm F
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
A# F A#
Isn't there a peace we all been looking for
Cm F
Day and night Far and wide
Ebmaj7
Don't everybody got to just grab hold, lock souls
Cm F
All rising and prizing on the high tide
[Riff 1]
Gm
[Intro]
A# Dm Dm Gm
A# Dm Dm Gm
[Riff 3]
Gm7
[Riff 2]
Gm