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***Hell's Ditch - by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer
from the album "Hell's Ditch"
Hell's Ditch - as perfomed by The Pogues
{There are three main riffs.}
RIFF 1: [Am7] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am]
RIFF 2: [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]
[Dm] [Am] [E] [Am] for Awhile
{Do the first thing again, speeding up.}
RIFF 3: [Am] [Am] [Dm] [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am] [Am] for Awhile
Life's a bitch, then you die
Black hell
Hell's ditch - naked howling freedom
The killer's hands are bound with chains
At six o'clock it starts to rain
He'll never never see the dawn again
Our lady of the flowers
Genet's feeling Ramon's dick
The guy in the bunk above gets sick
In the cell next door the lunatic
Starts screaming for his mother
Black dildo, black hell
As the Spanish cops ridiculed my gel
A mugshot I remember well
Little man how you have suffered
I could hear the screams from up above
If it ain't a fist it isn't love
As for our lady she kneels down
Her neck is bent, the blade comes down
Doing! There goes the breakfast bell
Back from heaven, back to hell
Naked howling freedom - Hell's Ditch
***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman
Intro ||: AmAmsus2 Am| AmAmsus2 Am:||
||: Dm  Am| E  Am| Dm  Am| E  Am| Dm   Am| E  Am| Dm   Am| E  Am:||
||: AmAmsus2 Am| AmAmsus2 Am:||
| Am| Dm| Am  E| Am| Am| Dm| Am  E| Am||
AmLife's a bitch Dmthen you die black Hell
Hell's Amditch Enaked Amhowling freedom
The Amkiller's hands are bound Ewith chains at six o'clock it starts to rain
He'll Enever see the dawn agAmain our lady of the flowers
DmGenet's feeling RamonAm's dick the guy in the bunk above gets sick
In the Ecell next doAmor the lunatic starts screaming for his mother
Black dildo black hell
As the Spanish cops ridiculed my gel
A mugshot I remember well
Little man how you have suffered
I could Dmhear the screams fAmrom up above if it ain't a fist it isn't love
As Dmfor our lady Amshe kneels down her neck is bent the blade comes down
DmDoing there goes Amthe breakfast bell back from heaven back to hell
ENaked howling frAmeedom Hell's Ditch
Outro | Am| Dm| Am  E| Am| Am| E| E| Am||
| Dm| Am| E| Am| Am| Dm| Am  E| Am||
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