***MY BLUE HEAVEN - written by Philip Chevron and Darryl Hunt
from the album "Peace And Love"

My Blue Heaven - As performed by The Pogues

INTRO: C F G (4x)

CAlligators (x32010@1)snap at your ankles
    F (133211@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)branches snap at your brain
     CIf (x32010@1)I ever get through this swamp alive
     F (133211@1)                GI'll (320003@1)nevermore pray for rain
CThis (x32010@1)must be the place, and still
    F (133211@1)               GSomehow (320003@1)it don't seem right
CThat (x32010@1)something in the moon
                   FCould (133211@1)change these endless days
   GTo (320003@1)lonely nights

I take a stroll down by the sea
And walk along the pier
Then I slip and hit my head
Now's the time to fear

See the surface, see the rocks
See my past fly swiftly by
I feel the water in my lungs
And wake up screaming for my life

CIn (x32010@1)my blue heaven
          F (133211@1)              GThere's (320003@1)a bottle of Pontchetrain
CChalmette (x32010@1)by moonlight
   F (133211@1)           GTo (320003@1)take away the pain
C (x32010@1)             GCard (320003@1)sharks and blue harps
    F (133211@1)              GAnd (320003@1)dolphins who can leap
CIn (x32010@1)my Blue Heaven
      FWhere (133211@1)I can laugh
    GAnd (320003@1)I can weep

Black shapes zip into corners
The big lads start to crawl
To holes of their own making
In the cracks within the wall

Snakes and rats and spiders
I know that they're still there
I pray to God that I may sleep
Without a hope, without a care

In my blue heaven
There's a bottle of Pontchetrain
Chalmette by moonlight
To take away the pain
Felines and sea lions
And rain on the beach
In my Blue Heaven
With angels who are out of reach

In my blue heaven
There's a bottle of Pontchetrain
Chalmette by moonlight
To take away the pain
Nightingales sing
And the bells they will ring
In my Blue Heaven
The Bells of Hell
Go ding-a-ling-a-ling

C F C G C F C G C (repeated to fade out)