• Song:

    The Twenty-first Time

  • Artist:

    Monk And Neagle

Monk and Neagle
Twenty First Time
Standard Tuning
You can either strum normal, or play the bass note then strum the rest of the chord. 
Either way it sounds fine. I think Monk and Neagle pick the bass first.

This is how I play it.
Cadd9   G/B   Asus4   G   Em   Am   D/F#
 3       3     0     3    0    0    2
 3       0     3     0    0    1    3
 0       0     2     0    0    2    2
 2       0     2     0    2    2    0
 3       2     0     2    2    0    0
 0       0     0     3    0    0    2


Cadd9       G/B    Asus4       G
Nowhere to live, nowhere to fall  
   Cadd9         G/B            Asus4       G
he used to have money, but he’s wasted it all.
   Cadd9       G/B         Asus4        Em
His face is a photograph burned in my mind,
      Am             G                D/F#         G
but I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time

   Cadd9        G/B          Asus4          G
He sleeps under stars, that’s all he can afford
    Cadd9          G/B             Asus4       G
His blanket's an old coat he’s had since the war
   Cadd9         G/B        Asus4       Em
He stands on the corner of Carter and Vine
       Am               G             D/F#         G
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time

  Cadd9       G/B         Asus4           G
He may be a drifter, he’s grown old and gray
   Cadd9        G/B      Asus4       G
But what if he’s Jesus and I walk away?
  Cadd9       G/B      Asus4         Em
I say I’m the body and drink of the wine
      Am                G             D/F#         G
but I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time

 Cadd9       G/B          Asus4          G
She’s twenty-nine but she feels forty-eight
 Cadd9                G/B     Asus4      G
She can’t raise three kids on minimum wage
      Cadd9      G/B        Asus4     Em
She’s cryin’ in back of the welfare line
      Am                G             D/F#         G
but I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time

 Cadd9       G/B       Asus4                     G
She may be a stranger tryin’ to get through the day
   Cadd9         G/B      Asus4      G
but what if it’s Jesus and i walk away?
 Cadd9        G/B      Asus4         Em
I say I’m the body and drink of the wine
      Am                G             D/F#         G
but I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time

Cadd9      G/B       Asus4          G
This is a call for a change in my heart
  Cadd9       G/B            Asus4     G
I realize that I’ve not been doin’ my part
       Cadd9     G/B      Asus4        Em
when I needed a Savior, I found it in Him
Am         G            D/F#         G
He gave to me, now I’ll give back to them

 Cadd9       G/B      Asus4        G
Drifter or stranger, Daughter or son
 Cadd9        G/B    Asus4       G
I’ll look for Jesus in every one
 Cadd9          G/B       Asus4        Em
’cause I am the body and drink of the wine
        Am               G             D/F#          G
and I’m thankful there’s more than the twenty-first time
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