Verse
[Verse 1]
A
Go and get your drugs, honey
E A
Go and get your drugs
A
I am fond of those things too
E A
Some of them so much
A
Give away my whole life to 'em
E A
Give away my bed
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Come about on some strange couch
E A
Just wishing that I were dead
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Ashley hitched from Houston
E A
She was raped in Abilene
A
Beaten with a bottle
E A
As the night laid mute her screams
A
When she finally reached here
E A
She was happy as can be
A
There's a bright light shining in the big blue sky
E A
And I never know what it means
[Chorus]
F#m C#m D A
And I can't help singing dirges on the ides of every month
F#m C#m
Heaven is a chandelier
D A
But don't all look up at once
[Verse 2]
A E A
I go down to the park to give away my cigarettes
A E A
I go down to the park where I sit and wait for death
A E A
But I can't wait forever with the breezes and the bums
A E A
The soldiers came to shoot us down but Jesus jammed the guns
A E A
And when the bottles all were empty, when he called us to our feet
A E A
He promised us salvation and some real nice things to eat
A E A
We were good then 'til the morning when the daylight did us in
A E A
Oh the past it picked our pretty little pockets, it gets thirsty for revenge
[Chorus]
F#m C#m D A
And I can't help singing dirges on the ides of every month
F#m C#m D A
Heaven is a chandelier, but don't all look up at once
F#m C#m D A
Oh I can't help singing dirges on the ides of every month
F#m C#m D A
Heaven is a chandelier, but don't all look up at once