Tom: Gm
INTRO: 2x's
NOTE:
I play it like this to imitate the organ.
RIFF PA YED FOR INTRO and 1st VERSE:
Gm Gm Gm C Gm
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----3---3-5-------3---3-5-------3---3-5----5--3-5-5-3---|
D|--5---5-------5-5---5-------5-5---5-------------------5-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE:
Gm
Crossroad coffins
Scarecrow callin'
C Gm
Seeds are fallin' in the crystal light
Gm
Black bird laughin'
Raven flashin'
C Gm
Black wing blazed in the shade of night
CHORUS:
Gm Dm
A penny saved
Gm
A penny earned
Bb Gm
Give away the house we burned
Dm Gm
Another day's gone for good
Bb C
And all that's left is firewood
Gm
Firewood
C
Firewood
G F D Bb C Bb D Bb G
E|--3--1--------------------------|
B|--------3------1------3---------|
G|------------3-----3------3------|
D|----------------------------5---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
VERSE:
Gm Gm C Gm - 2x's
E|------------------------------------|
B|-3--------3--------3----------------|
G|---5-3------5-3------5--3h5-5-5-3---|
D|-------5--------5-----------------5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Gm
Sister's habit
I've got to have it
C Gm
Smoke stack grabbin' in the smoke
Gm
The joker's diamond
Is bright and shinin'
C Gm
The queen of spades has just gone broke
CHORUS:
Gm Dm
A penny saved
Gm
A penny earned
Bb Gm
Give away the house we burned
Gm Dm
Well find a stray
Gm
And fix it firm
Bb C
And fill the ditch with a string of pearls
Gm
Let it burn
C
With the good time germs
G F Dm Cm Bm Cm D Bb G
E|--3--1----------------------------|
B|--------3----1-----1----3---------|
G|----------------3----------3------|
D|------------------------------5---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
BDA K:
Bb
Sinister minister
Gm
Glimmerin' pretty boys
Bb
They get high on the morphine
D
Slip out the back door
Gm F
Sippin' on nicotine
Em
Step in the Gulf Stream
Eb D
Turn on the high beams and burn it all down
INSTRUMENTAL: (improvise G O)
At the end of the solo play:
G F Dm Cm Bm Cm D Bb G
E|--3--1----------------------------|
B|--------3----1-----1----3---------|
G|----------------3----------3------|
D|------------------------------5---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
VERSE:
Gm Gm C Gm - 2x's
E|------------------------------------|
B|-3--------3--------3----------------|
G|---5-3------5-3------5--3h5-5-5-3---|
D|-------5--------5-----------------5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Gm
The fearless farmer
Forgot who you are
C Gm
Just some hot air in the void
Gm
Between two lovers
Who got it coming
C Gm
Something underneath it all
CHORUS:
Gm Dm
A penny saved
Gm
A penny earned
Bb Gm
Give away the house we burned
Dm Gm
Another day is gone for good
Bb C
And all that's left is firewood
Gm
Firewood
C
Firewood, ow
Gm
Firewood,
C
Firewood
Gm
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wood
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wood
G
Yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey
G F Dm Cm Bm Cm D Bb G
E|--3--1----------------------------|
B|--------3----1-----1----3---------|
G|----------------3----------3------|
D|------------------------------5---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
