Murder Most Foul
Ton : CEnglish
Intro :
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It was a dCark day in Dallas November '63F
A dayC that will live on in infamyF
President CKennedy was a-ridin' high
Good dFay to be livin' and a good day to die
Being leCd to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
He said F"Wait a minute boys you know who I am?"
G"Of course we do we know who you are!"
FThen they blew off his head while he was still in the car
CShot down like a dog in broad daylight
FWas a matter of timing and the timing was right
CYou got unpaid debts we've come to collFect
We're gonna kill you with hatreCd without any respectF
GWe'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
FWe've already got someone here to take your place
CThe day they blew out the brains of the king
FThousands were watching no one saw a thing
CIt happened so quickly so quick by surprise
FRight there in front of everyone's eyes
GGreatest magic trick ever under the sun
FPerfectly executed skillfully done
CWolfman oh wolfman oh wolfman howl
FRub-a-dub-dub it's a murder most foul
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CHush little children you'll understand
FThe Beatles are comin' they're gonna hold your hand
CSlide down the banister go get your coat
FFerry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat C
GThere's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
FPick up the pieces and lower the flags
GI'm goin' to Woodstock it's the Aquarian Age
FThen I'll go to Altamont and sit near the stage
CPut your head out the window let the good times roll
FThere's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll C
FStack up the bricks pour the cement
CDon't say Dallas don't love you Mr. PresidentF
GPut your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
FTry to make it to the triple underpass
GBlackface singer whiteface clown
FBetter not show your faces after the sun goes down
CUp in the red light district they've got cop on the beat F
CLiving in a nightmare on Elm Street F
When you're down on CDeep Ellum put your money in your shoe F
CDon't ask what your country can do for you F
GCash on the barrel head money to bFurn
GDealey Plaza make a left-hand turn F
I'm gCoing down to the crossroads gonna flag a rideF
The pClace where faith hope and charity lie F
GShoot him while he runs boy shoot him while you can F
GSee if you can shoot the invisible man F
CGoodbye Charlie! Goodbye Uncle Sam!F
CFrankly Miss Scarlett I don't give a damFn
GWhat is the truth and where did it go?F
GAsk Oswald and Ruby they oughta knowF
C"Shut your mouth" said a wise old owlF
Business is busCiness and it's a murder most fouFl
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CTommy can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen F
CI'm riding in a long black Lincoln limousiFne
CRidin' in the backseat next to my wife F
Headed straight on in tCo the afterlife F
GI'm leaning to the left I got my head in her lapF
GHold on I've been led into some kind of a tFrap
Where we aCsk no quarter and no quarter do we giveF
We're right down the sCtreet Ffrom the street where you live
They muCtilated his body and they took out his bFrain
What more Ccould they do? They piled on the pFain
But his souCl was not there where it was supposed to be atF
For the laCst fifty years they've been searcFhin' for that
GFreedom oh freedom freedom over me F
GI hate to tell you mister but only dead men are freeF
Send me soCme lovin' then tell me no lie F
CThrow the gun in the gutter and walk on by F
CWake up little Susie let's go for a drFive
Cross the TCrinity River let's keep hope alive F
CTurn the radio on don't touch the dials
FParkland hospital only siCx more miles
FYou got me dizzy Miss Lizzy you filled me with lead C
FThat magic bullet of yours has gone to my head C
GI'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline F
GNever shot anyone from in front or behFind
GI've blood in my eye got blood Fin my ear
GI'm never gonna make it to the new fronFtier
CZapruder's film I seen (right?) before
FSeen it thirty-thrCee times maybe more
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It's vile and deceitful it's cruel and it's mean
CUgliest thing that you ever have seenF
CThey killed him once and they killed him twiceF
CKilled him like a human sacrifice F
GThe day that they killed him someone said to me "SonF
GThe age of the Antichrist has just only begun"F
CAir Force One comin' in through the gateF
CJohnson sworn in at 2:38F
CLet me know when you decide to throw in the towelF
CIt is what it is and it's murder most fouFl
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What's nCew pussycat? What'd I say? F
I saidC the soul of a nation been torn awFay
And it's begCinning to go into a slow decayF
And that it's Cthirty-six hours past Judgment DayF
GWolfman Jack he's speaking in tonguesF
He's going on Gand on at the top of his lungs F
CPlay me a song Mr. Wolfman Jack
FPlay it for me in my long Cadillac
CPlay me that "Only the Good Die Young" F
CTake me to the place Tom Dooley was hungF
Play "St. James InfirmCary" and the Court of King James F
If you wCant to remember you better write down the namesF
Play Etta James tooC play "I'd Rather Go Blind" F
Play it for the manC with the telepathic miFnd
GPlay John Lee Hooker play "Scratch My Back"F
GPlay it for that strip club owner named JackF
GGuitar Slim going down slowF
Play it for me and for Marilyn MonroCe F C F
Play "Please Don't CLet Me Be Misunderstood"
FPlay it for the First Lady she ain't feeling too good
CPlay Don Henley play Glenn Frey
FTake it to the limit and let it go by
CPlay it for Carl Wilson too
FLooking far far away down Gower Avenue
CPlay tragedy play "Twilight Time"
FTake me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
GPlay another one and "Another One Bites the Dust"
FPlay "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust"
GRide the pink horse down that long lonesome road
FStand there and wait for his head to explode
CPlay "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
FThe man who fell down dead like Ca rootless tree
FPlay it for the reverend play it for the pastor
CPlay it for the dog that got no master F
CPlay Oscar Peterson play StaFn Getz
CPlay "Blue Sky" play Dickey BettsF
GPlay Art Pepper Thelonious MoFnk
Charlie Parker and all that Gjunk
FAll that junk and "All That Jazz"
CPlay something for the Birdman of AlcatrazF
CPlay Buster Keaton plFay Harold Lloyd
Play Bugsy SCiegel play Pretty Boy FloyFd
GPlay the numbers play the odds F
GPlay "Cry Me A River" for the Lord of the godsF
CPlay Number nine play Number sixF
PClay it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks F
CPlay Nat King Cole play "Nature Boy"F
Play "DoCwn In The Boondocks" for Terry MalloyF
Play "It HGappened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"F
There's twGelve million souls that are listening inF
Play "MGerchant of Venice" play "Merchants of Death"F
Play "StGella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth F
CDon't worry Mr. President heFlp's on the way
Your brothers are comCin' there'll be hell to pay F
Brothers? What brothers?C What's this about hell? F
Tell them "We're waiting keep coming" we'll get them asC well F
GLove Field is where his plane touched dowFn
GBut it never did get back up off the grounFd
Was a hard act to fGollow second to noneF
They killed him on the Galtar of the rising sunF
PClay "Misty" for me and "That OFld Devil Moon"
Play "AnyCthing Goes" and "Memphis in JuFne"
Play "Lonely At the CTop" and "Lonely Are the Brave"F
PClay it for Houdini spinning around his graveF
PClay Jelly Roll Morton play "Lucille"F
CPlay "Deep In a Dream" and play "Driving WheeFl"
Play "MGoonlight Sonata" in F-sharp F
And "A KeGy to the Highway" for the king on the harpF
Play "MCarching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"F
Play daCrkness and death will come when it comes F
Play "Love Me COr Leave Me" by the great Bud PowellF
Play "The BloCod-stained Banner" play "Murder Most Foul" F
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