Intro
Eb Gm Gm Cm
Eb Gm Gm Cm
[Riff 1]
Cm
[Verse 1]
A#
She bled so hard during his birth
Cm
She was the middle child, the poet nurse
F
To the union dying swayback horse
Eb
And the future of the universe
[Chorus]
A# Eb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
Fm A#
When he was on the high wire
Abmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
Fm A#
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
[Riff 1]
Cm
[Verse 2]
A#
She found her son's heart that lives in a lucky unlucky man
Cm
To the strangers chest she holds her hand
F
He getting lost in the ceiling fan
Eb
And his modified American plan
[Chorus]
A# Eb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
Fm A#
When he was on the high wire
Abmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
Fm A#
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
[Riff 2]
Cm
[Bridge]
Cm Cb Db
The outcast, is digging in the yard
Cm Cb Db
He found the mast of the Scottish second guard
Fm Db
But wait, when he found the Van Gogh
A#m A# Eb G
But no one lent an ear
[Chorus]
Eb A# Eb
Can we get the king to catch the cannonball
Fm A#
When he was on the high wire
Abmaj7
And the queen was on the trapeze, hanging from her knees
Fm A#
She could see revolution in the nose bleeds with a smile a mile wide
Eb A# Eb
Isn't there a peace we all been looking for
Fm A#
Day and night Far and wide
Abmaj7
Don't everybody got to just grab hold, lock souls
Fm A#
All rising and prizing on the high tide
[Riff 1]
Cm
[Intro]
Eb Gm Gm Cm
Eb Gm Gm Cm
[Riff 3]
Cm7
[Riff 2]
Gm