Long Shadow
Joe Strummer And The MescalerosVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Well Ill tell you one thing that I know
You dont face your demons down
You got to grab em jack
And pin em to the ground
The Devil may care, and maybe God he wont
You better make sure you check on the Dos and the Donts
Crawl up the Mountain
To reach where the Eagles fly
Sure you can glimpse from the mountaintop
Where the soul of the muse might rise.
And if you put it all together
You wont have to look around
You know you cast
A Long Shadow On the Ground
Then one day I could tell my tracks
By the holes in the soles of my shoes
And that the day I said
Im gonna make the news
And falling in the garden
Of days so long ago
Somewhere in the memory
The sun shines on you boy
Playing in the Arroyos
Where the American rivers flow
From the Appalachians
Down to the Delta Roads
A man cant think so long
His brain could well explode
Theres trains running thru the junctions
A King comes down the road
And if you put it all together
You wont have to look around
You know you cast
A Long Shadow On the Ground
Listen to the Country- The Night Jar and the Bell
Listen to the Night Streamliner
Sounding like the wolves of Hell
Head for the water- the water of the cleansing spell
It was always are destination
On the express of the Neer Do Wells
And we rock thru Madison City
And we didnt even know she was there
And when we hit the Buffers in Memphis
And Beale street didnt have no prayer
I hear punks talk of anarchy- I hear hobos on the railroad
I hear mutterings on the chain-gangs
It was those men who built the roads
And if you put it all together
You didnt even once relent
You cast a Long Shadow
And that is your testament
Somewhere in my soul, theres always Rock and Roll
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Readable chord sheet for Long Shadow by Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros
[Am] Well I[C]ll tell you o[F]ne thing [C]that I kn[G]ow You dont f[C]ace your demons [Am]down You got to [C]grab em jack And [F]pin em to the g[G]round The D[Am]evil may care, and maybe [C]God he wont You be[Am]tter make sure you c[C]heck on the Dos and the [G]Donts [C]Crawl up the Mou[Am]ntain To reach where the Eagles fly Su[C]re you can glimpse from the mo[Am]untaintop Where the s[F]oul of the [C]muse might r[Dm]ise. And if you [C]put it all t[Am]ogether You w[C]ont have to look a[Am]round [F]You k[C]now you [Dm]cast A Long S[F]hadow On the [Am]Ground T[C]hen one day [F]I could t[C]ell my [G]tracks By the h[C]oles in the soles of my [Am]shoes And [C]that the day I sa[F]id Im gonna make the n[G]ews And f[C]alling in the ga[Am]rden Of d[C]ays so long [Am]ago So[C]mewhere in the m[Am]emory The [F]sun s[C]hines on you[Dm] boy Pl[C]aying in the A[Am]rroyos Where the American rivers flow Fr[C]om the Appalac[Am]hians Do[F]wn to the D[C]elta R[Dm]oads A m[C]an cant think so l[Am]ong His brain could well explode Theres t[C]rains running thru the [Am]junctions A [F]King comes d[C]own the r[Dm]oad And if you p[C]ut it all t[Am]ogether You [C]wont have to look a[Am]round [F]You [C]know you [Dm]cast A Long S[F]hadow On the G[Am]round Lis[G]ten to the Country- The Night Jar and the Bell Li[G]sten to the Night Streamliner Soun[G]ding like the wolves of Hell He[C]ad for the w[Am]ater- the water of the cleansing spell It was [C]always are de[Am]stination On the [F]express of the [C]Neer Do [Dm]Wells And we [C]rock thru Madison [Am]City And we [C]didnt even know she was t[Am]here And when we [C]hit the Buffers in M[Am]emphis And [F]Beale street didnt [C]have no p[Dm]rayer I he[C]ar punks talk of a[Am]narchy- I hear h[C]obos on the r[Am]ailroad I hear [C]mutterings on the [Am]chain-gangs It was t[F]hose men who b[C]uilt the [Dm]roads And if you [C]put it all to[Am]gether You [C]didnt even once r[Am]elent [F]You [C]cast a Long [Dm]Shadow [F]And that [G]is your te[Am]stament [F]Somewh[C]ere in my s[Dm]oul, theres always Rock and [C]Roll