Jokerman

Accordi Jokerman

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SIb7+
Standing on the water, casting your bread
          
DOm/SIb
While the eyes of the idol 
        
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with the iron head are glowing
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SIb7+
 Distant ships sailing into the mist
         
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You were born with a snake in both of your fists 
                      
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while a hurricane was blowing
DOm7    
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Freedom just around the corner for you
         
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But with truth so far off, 
                  
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MIb
what good will it do

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MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
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FA/LA       
SOLm         
MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     
MIb6 
FA  
SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

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SIb7+
 So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
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 You rise up and say goodbye to no one
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SIb7+
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
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Both of their futures, 
   
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so full of dread, you don't show one
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 Shedding off one more layer of skin
        
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MIb 
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within

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MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
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FA/LA       
SOLm         
MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     
MIb6 
FA  
SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

         
SIb
You're a man of the mountains, 
        
SIb7+
you can walk on the clouds
      
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SIb
Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister
                              
You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
    
SIb7+
But what do you care? 
      
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Ain't nobody there would want marry your sister
DOm7
Friend to the martyr, 
  
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a friend to the woman of shame
              
DOm7
You look into the fiery furnace, 
    
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MIb
see the rich man without any name

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MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
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FA/LA       
SOLm         
MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     
MIb6 
FA  
SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

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SIb7+   
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MIb/SIb

          
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SIb7+
Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
    
DOm/SIb
The law of the jungle 
        
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SIb
and the sea are your only teachers
                                  
SIb7+
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
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Michelangelo indeed could've 
                
SIb
carved out your features
DOm7
Resting in the fields, 
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far from the turbulent space
      
DOm7
Half asleep near the stars 
       
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MIb
with a small dog licking your face

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MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
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FA/LA       
SOLm         
MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     
MIb6 
FA  
SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

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SIb7+   
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SIb   
MIb/SIb

            
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SIb7+
Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
        
DOm/SIb
Preacherman seeks the same, 
       
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who'll get there first is uncertain
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SIb7+
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
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Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
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FA
False-hearted judges dying 
                     
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in the webs that they spin
       
DOm7
Only a matter of time 
 
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MIb
'til the night comes stepping in

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MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
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FA/LA       
SOLm         
MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     
MIb6 
FA  
SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

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SIb7+   
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SIb7+
It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray
  
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A woman just gave birth to a prince today 
                   
SIb
and dressed him in scarlet
 
He'll put the priest in his pocket, 
        
SIb7+
put the blade to the heat
         
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Take the motherless children off the street
                           
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And place them at the feet of a harlot
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Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
DOm7          
FA                   
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MIb
Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response

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MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
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FA/LA       
SOLm         
MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     
MIb6 
FA  
SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman...

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SIb7+   
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