Intro
Fb G#m G#m C#m
Fb G#m G#m C#m
[Riff 1]
C#m
[Verse 1]
B
She bled so hard during his birth
C#m
She was the middle child, the poet nurse
F#
To the union dying swayback horse
Fb
And the future of the universe
[Chorus]
B Fb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
F#m B
When he was on the high wire
Amaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
F#m B
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
[Riff 1]
C#m
[Verse 2]
B
She found her son's heart that lives in a lucky unlucky man
C#m
To the strangers chest she holds her hand
F#
He getting lost in the ceiling fan
Fb
And his modified American plan
[Chorus]
B Fb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
F#m B
When he was on the high wire
Amaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
F#m B
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
[Riff 2]
C#m
[Bridge]
C#m C D
The outcast, is digging in the yard
C#m C D
He found the mast of the Scottish second guard
F#m D
But wait, when he found the Van Gogh
Bm B Fb G#
But no one lent an ear
[Chorus]
Fb B Fb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
F#m B
When he was on the high wire
Amaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
F#m B
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
Fb B Fb
Isn't there a peace we all been looking for
F#m B
Day and night Far and wide
Amaj7
Don't everybody got to just grab hold, lock souls
F#m B
All rising and prizing on the high tide
[Riff 1]
C#m
[Intro]
Fb G#m G#m C#m
Fb G#m G#m C#m
[Riff 3]
C#m7
[Riff 2]
Gm