THE BOOTLEG SAINT – The Sam Roberts Band
Submitted by Rocco C.
Intro strum between A – B5, then D5-E5
A - B5
Come make your complaint to the Bootleg Saint
He's been gone, keepin' on, keepin' on for your freedom
D5-E5
Black boots, brown skin he has chemical roots
He's taking back the city one sinner at a time
F#min A F#min A
He'll sacrifice if you pay the price
B
He remembers a time when everything was alright
We had water from wine, the streets were alive
D5-E5
Then old Captain Industry who sold his soul at Wounded Knee
Bought himself a little property
The Saint had found his enemy
F#min A F#min A A-B5
He'll sacrifice if you pay the price
D A
The laws might sleep, but they never die
E A – B5
Lions for sheep - an eye for an eye
E A-B5
He wears a ring with the brand of a three-legged dog
E A-B5
His rose-coloured glasses cut through the fog
D A
The laws might sleep but they never die
E A – B5
Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye
A – B5
He came down on a storm cloud hard as the Amazon rain
Took him on, took him on and on
And you can pay your respects in the form of a cheque
He's taking back the city one sinner at a time
F#min A F#min A
He'll sacrifice if you pay the price
D A
The laws might sleep but they never die
E A – B5
Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye
D A
The Bootleg Saint, well he walks the line
D A – B5
Between an everyman hero and a waste of time
