Rotting Strip
Crooked FingersVersion1
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Blurry eyes half bent and I cant take you sober
Tricking off the rotting strip that weve been
trudging under
We ducked into a dim lit room out where the river bends
And turned to walk the burning bridge that we would build
And crossed our hearts half hoping
That we could both quit smoking
And kick the booze and blow
And one day go make something of ourselves
Glory came and went the night we both slipped under
Neath the row of oil slicks and ancient ugly lovers
Some they say the price you pay is far too much to spend
But they dont know the cost is fair if for a while
It keeps your heart from crumbling
And wed take what we want when we knew what we wanted
When we wished we had something to lose
You were a fine young thing crammed in your tight red vinyl
jeans
I was a third rate going nowhere burning for nothing to do
Boredom settled in and I cant take you sober
Strewn across the rotting strip that weve been building
over
Til nothing made its wicked way slow creeping into view
Where we could watch the burning bridge that we half built
Across our hearts now broken
And we could both quit smoking
And kick the booze and blow
And one day go make something of ourselves
And wed take what we want when we knew what we wanted
When we wished we had something to lose
You were a fine young thing crammed in your tight red vinyl jeans
I was a third rate going nowhere burning for nothing to do
So we branded our hearts and we toasted the stars
Getting wasted by the light of the moon
you were a two bit tramp - I was a low life lying scum
We were a bad lay coming undone burning for someone to use
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Readable chord sheet for Rotting Strip by Crooked Fingers
[G]Blurry [C]eyes half bent and [G]I cant take you [D]sober [G]Tricking off the r[C]otting strip that [G]weve been trudging [D]under [Em]We ducked into a [C]dim lit room out w[G]here the river b[D]ends [G]And turned to walk the [C]burning bridge that [G]we would build And c[D]rossed our hearts half ho[C]ping That [G]we could b[D]oth quit sm[C]oking And k[G]ick the [D]booze and b[C]low And o[G]ne day [D]go make s[C]omething of ours[D]elves [G]Glory c[C]ame and went the ni[G]ght we both slipp[D]ed under [G]Neath [C]the row of oil slic[G]ks and ancient ug[D]ly lovers [Em]Some they say the[C] price you pay is [G]far too much to [D]spend [G]But they dont know the c[C]ost is fair if for a[G] while It ke[D]eps your heart from crumb[C]ling And wed [G]take what we want when we k[C]new what we wanted When we w[D]ished we had something to l[G]ose You were a[C] fine young [G]thing crammed in your [C]tight red vinyl j[G]eans I was a t[C]hird rate go[Em]ing nowhere b[C]urning for nothing t[D]o do [G]Boredom[C] settled in and I c[G]ant take you sob[D]er [G]Strewn across the [C]rotting strip that[G] weve been building [D]over [Em]Til nothing made[C] its wicked way sl[G]ow creeping into[D] view [G]Where we could watch th[C]e burning bridge tha[G]t we half built [D]Across our hearts now b[C]roken And w[G]e could bo[D]th quit smo[C]king And k[G]ick the bo[D]oze and blo[C]w And o[G]ne day g[D]o make som[C]ething of ours[D]elves And wed [G]take what we want when we k[C]new what we wanted When we w[D]ished we had something to l[G]ose You were a [C]fine young t[G]hing crammed in your t[C]ight red vinyl jeans I was a t[C]hird rate go[Em]ing nowhere b[C]urning for nothing to [D]do So we bra[G]nded our hearts and we toas[C]ted the stars Getting w[D]asted by the light of the m[G]oon you were a [C]two bit tram[G]p - I was a low life l[C]ying s[G]cum We were a [C]bad lay coming u[Em]ndone burning[C] for someone to [D]use &