Sheet Metal Moon
Ike Reilly
Hard Luck Stories (2009)
[Main lick - Played over Intro and end of Bridge]
G D Am C
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[Intro]
G D Am C
G D Am C
[Verse]
G
There was a sheet metal moon
The night that Jimmy lost his life
C D G
Swimming in the carburetor lines
G
He was last seen kissing
The rings of the pistons
C D G
And drinking with the gears as they grind
[Chorus]
C
Saturday night
G
And the sheet metal moon
D
Plays tricks with my eyes
C
As it burns through the fumes
C
The sheet metal moon shines
G
We'd better take a ride
D
Out to the bridge
C
Where we used to get high
[Verse]
G
The skinny kid said
Jimmy couldn't be dead
C
He just went out to get
D G
Some speed and kill the pain
G
Crossing double lines
And shutting down his headlights
C D G
And passing in the oncoming lanes
[Chorus]
C
Saturday night
G
And the sheet metal moon
D
Plays tricks with my eyes
C
As it burns through the fumes
C
The sheet metal moon shines
G
We'd better take a ride
D
Out to the bridge
C
Where we used to get high
[Bridge]
G D
But there seems to be no sign
Am C
As the timing chain is throwing links
G D
And not keeping time
Am C
As the manifold is gasping as
G D
The rocker arms wave goodbye
Am
From under the bridge
C G D Am C
Where everybody got high
G D Am C
High
[Verse]
G
And the black line you struck
And kid, it's just your luck
C D G
It looks like you crippled your frame
G
The wells won't hold
And the bolts all broke
C
And the shards of glass
D G
Are swimming in your brain
[Chorus]
C
Saturday night
G
And the sheet metal moon
D
Lights up the road
C
As I drive to the tune
C
The sheet metal moon and I
G
Are riding alone
D
Out to the bridge
C
Where we used to get stoned
C
Saturday night
G
And the sheet metal moon
D
Is still playing tricks
C
As I walk through the rooms
C
I drank all the fuel
G
As I breathe in the fumes
D
Out on West Adams Road
C
When I went looking for you
C
Saturday night
G
And the sheet metal moon
D
Plays tricks with my eyes
C
As it burns through the fumes
C
The sheet metal moon shines
G
We'd better take a ride
D
Out to the bridge
C
Where we used to get high
[Bridge]
G D
But there seems to be no sign
Am C
As the timing chain is throwing links
G D
And not keeping time
Am C
As the manifold is gasping as
G D
The rocker arms wave goodbye
Am
From under the bridge
C G D Am C
Where everybody got high
G D Am C
High
G D Am C G
