Tom: C
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Each slash is an eighth note
[Verse 1]
G Em
The rain falls down on last year's man
F C
That's a Jews harp on the table, that's a crayon in his hand.
G Em
And the corners of the blue print are ruined since they rolled
F C
Far past the stems of thumb tacks that still throw shadows on the wood.
F D G D
And the skylight is like the skin for a drum I'll never mend
G Em F C
And all the rain falls down, Amen, on the works of last year's man.
[Verse 2]
G Em
I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark
F C
Oh, one by one she had to tell them that her name was Joan of Arc.
G Em
I was in that army, yes I stayed a little while
F C
I want to thank you Joan of Arc for treating me so well.
F D G D
And tho' I wear a uniform I was not born to fight
G Em F C
All these wounded boys you lie beside; good night my friends, goodnight.
[Verse 3]
G Em
I came upon a wedding that old fam'lies had contrived
F C
Bethlehem the bridegroom Babylon the bride.
G Em
Great Babylon was naked Ah! she stood there trembling for me
F C
And Bethlehem inflamed us both like the shy one at some orgy.
F D G D
And when we fell together all our flesh was like a veil
G Em F C
That I had to draw aside to see the serpent eat its tail.
[Verse 4]
G Em
Some women wait for Jesus and some women wait for Cain
F C
So I hang upon my altar and I hoist my axe again.
G Em
And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began
F C
When Jesus was the honeymoon and Cain was just the man.
F D G D
And we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood an skin
G Em F C
That the wilderness is gathering all its children back again.
[Verse 5]
G Em
The rain falls down on last year's man
F C
An hour has gone by and he has not moved his hand.
G Em
But everything will happen if he only gives the word
F C
The lovers will rise up and the mountains touch the ground.
F D G D
But the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend
G Em F C
And all the rain falls down, Amen, on the works of last year's man.
