Sherrif Ochs
Chords
G*: G**: F#*:
_ _ -
E|0 E|0 E|0
B|8 B|10 B|0
G|0 G|0 G|3
D|9 D|9 D|4
A|10 A|10 A|4
E|x E|x E|2
Note: Make sure when playing the Dm7 that you bar it at the 5th fret.
Intro:
Bm A
Bm Bm/C# A Aadd9
Bm F#m F#
Bm F#m F#
Bm Dm7 G* G** Bm
I just finished a book with its cover torn and its pages worn.
G* G** Bm A A/Bb
The story starts on the day you were born in the city.
Bm Dm7
Where movie houses stood
G* G** Bm
Raised on Elvis and Hollywood.
G* G** Bm
The bad guys bad and the good guys good
A A/Bb
And the weight of the worlds is always on the sheriff's shoulders,
D F#
There was life in the little house
Bm G
Above the hospital for the dying,
G
So I will keep singing,
F# A A/Bb
I will keep fishing for some words in the water all around me
Bm Bm Bm Bm/A Bm/A Bm/A
(same chords as first verse)
The house of home shook and as the shelter broke you got a
good long look
At a country and class run by buzzards and crooks
Mississippi! Mississippi!
Through CIA and Klan
Through McCarth's damn blacklist, Nixon, and Nam
They tear-gassed the students but you had a plan
And the weight of the world is on the sheriff's
shoulders
(Same as first chorus)
There was life in the little house,
Above the hospital for the dying.
So I will keep singing,
I will keep fishing for some words in this water all around me
Bm Bm A Asus A Aadd9 F#m F#m
F# F#* F# F#* F# F#*
D F#
There was life in the city that night.
Bm G
You found your voice and you voiced your sight.
F# G A
You held your ground to help us see
D F#
There's more to life than lovers and chores
Bm G
There's more to life that an office at the top floor,
F# G A
Somehow, someway, we all find peace,
A/Bb
We all find
D
