Intro
Gb A#m A#m D#m
Gb A#m A#m D#m
[Riff 1]
D#m
[Verse 1]
C#
She bled so hard during his birth
D#m
She was the middle child, the poet nurse
G#
To the union dying swayback horse
Gb
And the future of the universe
[Chorus]
C# Gb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
G#m C#
When he was on the high wire
Cbmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
G#m C#
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
[Riff 1]
D#m
[Verse 2]
C#
She found her son's heart that lives in a lucky unlucky man
D#m
To the strangers chest she holds her hand
G#
He getting lost in the ceiling fan
Gb
And his modified American plan
[Chorus]
C# Gb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
G#m C#
When he was on the high wire
Cbmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
G#m C#
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
[Riff 2]
D#m
[Bridge]
D#m D Fb
The outcast, is digging in the yard
D#m D Fb
He found the mast of the Scottish second guard
G#m Fb
But wait, when he found the Van Gogh
C#m C# Gb A#
But no one lent an ear
[Chorus]
Gb C# Gb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
G#m C#
When he was on the high wire
Cbmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
G#m C#
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
Gb C# Gb
Isn't there a peace we all been looking for
G#m C#
Day and night Far and wide
Cbmaj7
Don't everybody got to just grab hold, lock souls
G#m C#
All rising and prizing on the high tide
[Riff 1]
D#m
[Intro]
Gb A#m A#m D#m
Gb A#m A#m D#m
[Riff 3]
D#m7
[Riff 2]
Gm