As heard on 'The Complete Reprise Sessions' w/ Emmylou Harris & N.D. Smart on WBCN Radio, March 1973.
D A7 D7 G
This old town's, filled with sin, it'll swallow you in,
D A7
if you've got, some money to burn,
D A7 D7 G
Take it home, right away, you've got three years to pay
D A7 D D7
but satan. is waiting his turn
CHORUS
G A7 D
This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poorhouse,
G D A7
it seems like this whole town's insane.
G A7
On the thirty-first floor,
D7 G D
A gold plated door, won't keep out,
A7 D A7
the lords burning reign.
D A7 D7 G
The scientists say, It'll all wash away,
D A7
But we don't believe any more
D A7 D7 G
Cause we've got our recruits and our green mohair suits
D A7 D D7
So please show you I.D. At the door.
CHORUS
G A7 D D7
This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poorhouse,
G D A7
it seems like this whole town's insane.
G A7
On the thirty-first floor,
D7 G D
A gold plated door, won't keep out,
A7 D A7
the lords burning reign.
D A7 D7 G
A friend came around, Tried to clean up this town;
D A7
His ideas made some people mad.
D A7 D7 G
But he trusted his crowd, So he spoke right out loud
D A7 D D7
And they lost the best friend they had
CHORUS
G A7 D D7
This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poorhouse,
G D A7
it seems like this whole town's insane.
G A7
On the thirty-first floor,
D7 G D
A gold plated door, won't keep out,
A7 D D7
the lords burning reign.
G A7 D7 G
On the thirty-first floor your gold plated door
D A7 D
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain
