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