Tonalità: Gb major•
Verse 1
F#
B
The sweet pretty things are in bed now,
of course
F#
The city fathers,
B
they're trying to endorse
F#
The reincarnation of
B
Paul Revere's horse
F#
B
F#
But the town has no need to be nervous
Verse 2
F#
The ghost of Belle Starr,
B
F#
she hands down her wits
B
F#
To Jezebel the nun, she violently knits
B
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper,
B
At the head of the Chamber
F#
of Commerce
Verse 3
B
Mama's in the factory,
F#
she ain't got no shoes
B
Daddy's in the alley,
F#
he's lookin' for food
B
I'm in the kitchen with
F#
the tombstone blues
Verse 4
F#
B
The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
F#
Screaming, she moans,
B
"I've just been made"
F#
Then sends out for the doctor,
B
who pulls down the shade
F#
And says, "My advice is
B
F#
to not let the boys in"
Verse 5
F#
Now, the medicine man comes
B
and he shuffles inside
F#
He walks with a swagger
B
and he says to the bride
F#
"Stop all this weeping,
B
swallow your pride
F#
B
F#
You will not die, it's not poison"
Verse 6
B
Mama's in the factory,
F#
she ain't got no shoes
B
Daddy's in the alley,
F#
he's lookin' for food
B
I'm in the kitchen with
F#
the tombstone blues
Verse 7
F#
Well, John the Baptist,
B
F#
after torturing a thief
Looks up at his hero,
B
the Commander- in- Chief
F#
Saying, "Tell me, great hero,
B
but please make it brief
F#
B
Is there a hole for me to get sick in?"
F#
Verse 8
The Commander- in- Chief answers
B
him while chasing a fly
F#
Saying, "Death to all those
B
who would whimper and cry"
F#
And, dropping a barbell,
B
he points to the sky
F#
B
Saying, "The sun's not yellow,
F#
it's chicken"
Verse 9
the factory,
F#
she ain't got no shoes
B
Daddy's in the alley,
F#
he's lookin' for food
B
I'm in the kitchen with
F#
the tombstone blues
Verse 10
F#
The king of the Philistines,
B
his soldiers to save
F#
Puts jawbones on their tombstone
B
s and flatters their graves
F#
Puts the pied pipers in prison
B
and fattens the slaves
F#
B
F#
Then sends them out to the jungle
Verse 11
F#
Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch,
B
he burns out their camps
F#
With his faithful slave Pedro
B
behind him, he tramps
F#
B
With a fantastic collection of stamps
F#
B
To win friends and influence
Verse 12
B
Mama's in the factory,
F#
she ain't got no shoes
B
Daddy's in the alley,
F#
he's lookin' for food
B
F#
I'm in trouble with the tombstone blues
Interlude 1
Verse 13
B
The geometry of innocence,
flesh on the bone
F#
B
Causes Galileo's math
book to get thrown
F#
At Delilah,
B
F#
who's sitting worthlessly alone
B
F#
But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
Verse 14
F#
I wish I could give Brother
B
F#
Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains
B
at the top of the hill
F#
Then send out for some pillars
B
F#
and Cecil B. DeMille
B
F#
He could die happily ever after
B
Mama's in the factory, she ain't
Verse 15
F#
got no shoes
B
Daddy's in the alley,
F#
he's lookin' for food
B
I'm in the kitchen with the
Interlude 2
tombstone blues
B
F#
Verse 16
F#
Where Ma Rainey and Beethoven
B
once unwrapped their bedroll
F#
Tuba players now rehearse
B
around the flagpole
F#
And the National Bank at a profit
B
F#
sells road maps for the soul
B
To the old folks' home
F#
and the college
Verse 17
F#
Now, I wish I could write you a
B
F#
melody so plain
That could hold you, dear lady,
B
from going insane
F#
That could ease you and
B
cool you and cease the pain
F#
B
Of your useless and pointless
B
Mama's in the
Verse 18
factory,
F#
she ain't got no shoes
B
Daddy's in the alley,
he's lookin' for food
B
I'm in the kitchen with the
Outro 1
tombstone blues, oh right
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