"Magdelina"
by Shovels and Rope
'Shovels and Rope'
G
G D
O Magdelina, have a talking to your little son
C G
He was looking at your dirty pictures and wondering was he the only one
C G D
Whose story's a heart attack
G D
Magdelina, do you cry when you're all alone
C G
I wish that I could keep you but that would cheat you
You're better off on your own
C G
Magdelina better leave the rest unsaid
C G
Cause there's someone else waitin' for you in your red light bed
C Em Am C G
Better spend your days making time not making mistakes
D D7
But it's alright you'll see
G D
Miss Magdeline, I left the money on the chifarobe
C G
And your boss downstairs under the broken chairs, with a black eye and a bloody nose
C G D
Well I told him it would be so
G D
Magdeline you was preachin' just a-yesterday
C G
That you was born with a money-maker, sugar, so what need do you have of me
C G D
I just wanna make it right
C G
Magdelina better leave the rest unsaid
C G
Cause there's someone else waitin' for you in your red light bed
C Em Am C G
Better spend your days making time not making mistakes
D D7
But it's alright you'll see
C G
Well that holy water burns your skin and tears you all to bits
C G
It's a shame nobody ever steered you right
C G
Fucked to bits all ass and tits
Em C
Well no one sees you but your baby hears you
D
So don't stop till you get it all
C G
Magdelina better leave the rest unsaid
C G
Cause there's someone else waitin' for you in your red light bed
C Em Am C G
Better spend your days making time not making mistakes
D
But it's alright you'll see
D7 G
It?s alright you?ll see
