Belt Chords

[Intro]
C#m C#m E C#m E
 
[Verse]
C#m                        G#m
I wouldn't sell my belt to industry
            F#m
So they carded me
A                   C#m
And they carted me off.
C#m                           G#m
Naked with that belt around my waist
         F#m        A
It was my father's once
                C#m
I still see his face
       F#m       A                   C#m
I said whoa, oh, oh, they carted me off
       F#m       A                      C#m
I said whoa, oh, oh, oh-oh, they carted me—
 
E C#m E
 
[Verse]
C#m                              G#m
But I managed to escape the good Gendarme
               F#m             A                      C#m
I fled through field and farm, stripped of natural charm
C#m                           G#m
Naked but that belt I wear so well
               F#m               A            C#m
P-p-p-past the pyramids, and the liberty bell
       F#m       A                     C#m
I said whoa, oh, oh, they carted me off
       F#m            A
I said whoa, oh, oh, oh-oh, they carted me—
 
[Chorus]
E
Hey!
        A                          E
This is something I have to do for myself
               A                         C#m
Yeah, this is something I have to do for myself
        E           A
I have to, for myself
               C#m
I have to, for myself
E     A
Yeah, yeah!
 
[Verse]
C#m                                     G#m
I ignored the sheep and shepherds on my way
               F#m             A                     C#m
What can their small words say when they say them that way?
C#m                              G#m
Bathed in sweat, feathered as a crow
                        F#m       A                        C#m
I laid a beating of the sleet and snow with my frostbitten toes
C#m                         G#m
I remain unrecognized in my hometown
           F#m               A           C#m
Beneath my monstrous gown of feathery down
C#m                               G#m
But I gathered up an army made of those
             F#m    A              C#m
Who aimed to shake them from their repose
 
               F#m          A
And we took up weapons, yeah!
                C#m
And we took off our clothes
               F#m
And we took up weapons, yeah
A
And we took off our—
 
[Chorus]
E
Hey!
        A                          E
This is something I have to do for myself
               A                         C#m
Yeah, this is something I have to do for myself
        E           A
I have to, for myself
               C#m
I have to, for myself
E     A    E
Yeah,
 
            C#m  A   E              C#m A E
So what say you and all your friends
            C#m A      E            C#m A E
Meet all of my friends in the alley tonight?
            C#m  A   E              C#m A E
Yeah, what say you and all your friends
            C#m A      E            C#m A E
Step up to my friends in the alley tonight?
            C#m  A   E              C#m A E
Yeah, what say you and all your friends
            C#m A      E            C#m A E
Meet all of my friends in the alley tonight?
            C#m  A   E              C#m A E
Yeah, what say you and all your friends
            C#m A      E            C#m A E
Step up to my friends in the alley tonight?
E
Yeah!
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