Tuning: Standard

??Intro
  C  Dm  G (2x)

  F  C   G    

  C  Dm  G

  F  C   G
??Verse 1
   C              Dm                G
  bad luck just weaves through the city,
           F       C          G  (etc../)
  but it's keeping away from us

  we move at a crawl through the traffic

  and water street is humming along

  with me and cecilia singing

  and banging on the dashboard in time,

  we sing the words on her father's gravestone

  and he's there in the humid light...singing:

??Chorus
  Am            G
  don't let the bastards grind you down... (3x)

??Verse 2 (same as verse 1)

  good luck's in town for the weekend

  so we stumble around until dawn

  daylight just melts through the narrows

  and those morning birds are humming along

  with me and cecilia singing

  and stamping on the asphalt to prove

  we are the children of strength and of vigor

  we were born in the morning blue...singing:

??Chorus (same as last chorus)

  don't let the bastards grind you down... (3x)

??Interlude
              C                         G
  when you're all, 'Jesus Murphy' and 'Ave Maria'
        Am                        F   (etc../)
  and 'send me the courage', and 'let me be delivered'

  cause there's devils among us, there's devils living among us

  some have not got their teeth up, and some are ashes and near-dust

  and they're riding the freeways, and they're locking their front door at dusk

  and they're raising their families, and they're raising their fingers at us

  but this is a good town, this here is a heavy ancient thing

  this is a new land, this here is a thing they'll never see

  when they're all 'Jesus Murphy' and 'Ave Maria'

  and 'send me the courage', and 'let me be delivered'

  but
  Am            G
  don't let the bastards grind you down (4x)

??Outro
  C             Dm                G
  bad luck just weaves through the city
           F        C         G