A5
This one's for the shoeshine boy
And the farmer in debt
A5
Each string is barbed wire
Each chord is a threat
G5
This blues guy I met
That never had a hit
A5
Said you don't gotta be loud, son
To be heavy as shit
A5
Well I'm the triggerman, baby
And tonight I'll prove
A5
That this machine here
Well it kills fascists too
G5
And don't be surprised
If the sermon on the mount
A5
Next time is delivered
In a little coffee house
D5
Cause somebody here's
Gotta let them know
A5
I doubt it's me
But here I go
D5
I hit the button
Tape started to roll
A5
The song's got fire
G5
But it's got no soul


C5                  A5                 G5
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G5                      A5
Between here and home
C5                   G5      A5
Drop down into the valley
G5            A5
Piano playin' in the living room
F5                A5
And when you see the white barn
G5                      A5
You'll know the journey's through
C5                 G5           A5
My dog's barking in the backseat
G5                    A5
Cause he knows it too

D5 - C5 - G5

A5
You'll need a fake passport
And fix your disguise
A5
And don't fire, sugar
Til you see the whites of their eyes
G5
I turned the other cheek
But now I'm through
A5
The skin you're in
Makes choices for you
D5
I was checking off names
And I came late to dinner
A5
Seems the slices of pie
Keep getting thinner and thinner
G5
Brothers and sisters
Rejoice and repent
A5
The landlord's dead
You can keep the rent
D5
You got twelve fine friends
But one of 'em's rotten
A5
There's a hole out back
Ain't got no bottom
D5
Forty days in the wilderness
Forty sleepless nights
A5
I'm confused, half blind
G5
And sure I'm right


C5                  A5                 G5
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G5                      A5
Between here and home
C5                   G5      A5
Drop down into the valley
G5            A5
Piano playin' in the living room
F5                A5
And when you see the white barn
G5                      A5
You'll know the journey's through
C5                 G5           A5
My dog's barking in the backseat
G5                    A5
Cause he knows it too

D5 - C5 - G5

D5
Officer please
I won't be long
A5
Called the radio station
Requested this song
D5
I had my doubts
About what I knew
A5
So I turned it up
G5
Then it sounded true
A5
Kiss the ring
If the Queen will let you
A5
But come over the fence
And the dogs will get you
G5
On a rope hung the traitor
On a hook hung the meat
A5
You and me are missing persons
      C5             G5
Til we're counted in the streets
A5
So seize the time
And storm the tower
G5
And come correct
Maximum Firepower (continued)

Am (??)
With Maximum Firepower
For the sins of the fathers
The son he must pay

A5
The Nightwatchman giveth
      C5       G5
And he taketh away
D5
Thought hard about this next line
Pretty sure it's true
A5
If you take a step towards freedom
It'll take two steps towards you
D5
So mister I ain't scared
And mister I ain't worried
A5                  G5
Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop
I sit as judge and jury


C5                  A5                 G5
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
G5                      A5
Between here and home
C5                   G5      A5
Drop down into the valley
G5            A5
Piano playin' in the living room
F5                A5
And when you see the white barn
G5                      A5
You'll know the journey's through
C5                 G5           A5
My dog's barking in the backseat
G5                    A5
Cause he knows it too

D5 - C5 - G5

A5
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
G5
You've got three more seconds
        A5
To choose sides