Rocky World Chords

by Daniel Lanois
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Unregistered.
1 contributor total, last edit on May 14, 2020

Chords

G
Gsus4
Bm
C
D
Em

Strumming

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[Intro]
G  Gsus4 x3  G
 
[Verse 1]
G            Bm         C            G
My hands are wrapped in your raven hair
       G     Bm             C
In the faded picture on the back stair
        C                Bm     C
We were narrow, we were steady, trembling and ready
   C                D         G
To give it Hell in this rocky world
 
[Verse 2]
G             Bm                C           G
You said do I look like I could be a strong mother
    G              Bm        C
And raise the good side of a young daughter
       C     Bm         C
In the hotel Shangri-La let me tell you
          C               D             G
I've been thinking of her in this rocky world
 
[Verse 3]
G          Bm           C           G
Chicago is heavy, but I can't turn around
    G              Bm             C
I'm smuggling that whiskey, every flesh and pound
C          Bm         C
Michigan I worry, and Susie I'm sorry
       C              D                G
That I lost you out there in the rocky world
 
[Bridge 1]
          Em         Bm         C
Would you build me a building a chapel up there
       G          Bm          C
At the top of the hill in the still blue air
         C          Bm        C
Near the weather vane, by the track and train
        C               D            G
I'll be looking for you in the rocky world
 
[Verse 4]
G             Bm         C          G
She's turning twenty and out on the make
G            Bm              C
Pounding the blacktop with a habit to shake
       C            Bm            C
She's looking for a manger in the eyes of a stranger
C             D                G
Down on the streets of a rocky world
 
[Verse 5]
G           Bm          C             G
Jenny has religion, she sinks in a chair
      G        Bm        C
She's made a decision to colour her hair
    C                 Bm              C
The black man cut the sugar cane, she watches the rain
     C            D              G
In a building far from the rocky world
 
[Bridge 2]
           Em       Bm             C
Yeah, I'll tell you something I'll never forget
    G           Bm       C
The sight of you in silhouette
        C          Bm        C
Outside Sault Ste. Marie you really threw me
         C              D             G
When you pulled me down to your rocky bed
 
[Verse 6]
     G          Bm  C               G
In a crowded room I stood there empty
G              Bm         C
Looking for salvation and glory be
       C              Bm         C
When a shot turned my head and I saw you instead
    C    D         G
Walk into my rocky world
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