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Long Shadow Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Intro: Am  
Well IC’ll telFl you oCne thing Gthat I know 
You Cdon’t face yoAmur demons down 
You Cgot to grab em jack 
And Fpin em Gto the ground 
The DAmevil may carCe, and maybe God he won’t 
You beAmtter make surCe you cGheck on the Do’s and the Don’ts 
CCraAmwl up the Mountain 
To reach where the Eagles fly 
SuCre yoAmu can glimpse from the mountaintop 
WherFe the soCul of Dmthe muse might rise. 
And Cif you puAmt it all together 
You wCon’t Amhave to look around 
FYou kCnow you Dmcast 
A FLong SAmhadow On the Ground 
TChen one Fday I coCuld telGl my tracks 
BCy the holes Amin the soles of my shoes 
And Cthat the day I saFid 
I’m goGnna make the news 
And fCalling in the gAmarden 
Of dCays Amso long ago 
SoCmewheAmre in the memory 
The Fsun sChines on you Dmboy 
PlCayiAmng in the Arroyos 
Where the American rivers flow 
FrCom Amthe Appalachians 
DoFwn to the DCelta RDmoads 
A mCan can’t Amthink so long 
His brain could well explode 
ThCere’Ams trains running thru the junctions 
A FKing comes dCown the rDmoad 
And iCf you put Amit all together 
You Cwon’t have to look aAmround 
FYou Cknow you Dmcast 
A Long SFhadow On the GAmround 
LisGten to the Country- The Night Jar and the Bell 
LiGsten to the Night Streamliner 
SounGding like the wolves of Hell 
HeCad for the wAmater- the water of the cleansing spell 
It was Calways are deAmstination 
On the Fexpress of the CNe’er Do DmWells 
And we Crock thru Madison AmCity 
And we Cdidn’t even know she was tAmhere 
And when we Chit the Buffers in MAmemphis 
And FBeale street didn’t Chave no pDmrayer 
I heCar punks talk of aAmnarchy- I hear hCobos on the rAmailroad 
I hear Cmutterings on the Amchain-gangs 
It was tFhose men who bCuilt the Dmroads 
And if you Cput it all toAmgether 
You Cdidn’t even once rAmelent 
FYou Ccast a Long DmShadow 
FAnd that Gis your teAmstament 
FSomewhCere in my sDmoul, there’s always Rock and CRoll

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Long Shadow

by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

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Long Shadow Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

Intro:

C F C G

Well I’ll tell you one thing that I know

C Am

You don’t face your demons down

You got to grab em jack

F G

And pin em to the ground

Am C

The Devil may care, and maybe God he won’t

Am C G

You better make sure you check on the Do’s and the Don’ts

C Am

Crawl up the Mountain

To reach where the Eagles fly

C Am

Sure you can glimpse from the mountaintop

F C Dm

Where the soul of the muse might rise.

C Am

And if you put it all together

C Am

You won’t have to look around

F C Dm

You know you cast

F Am

A Long Shadow On the Ground

C F C G

Then one day I could tell my tracks

C Am

By the holes in the soles of my shoes

C F

And that the day I said

I’m gonna make the news

C Am

And falling in the garden

C Am

Of days so long ago

C Am

Somewhere in the memory

F C Dm

The sun shines on you boy

C Am

Playing in the Arroyos

Where the American rivers flow

C Am

From the Appalachians

F C Dm

Down to the Delta Roads

C Am

A man can’t think so long

His brain could well explode

C Am

There’s trains running thru the junctions

F C Dm

A King comes down the road

C Am

And if you put it all together

C Am

You won’t have to look around

F C Dm

You know you cast

F Am

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

C Am

Head for the water- the water of the cleansing spell

C Am

It was always are destination

F C Dm

On the express of the Ne’er Do Wells

C Am

And we rock thru Madison City

C Am

And we didn’t even know she was there

C Am

And when we hit the Buffers in Memphis

F C Dm

And Beale street didn’t have no prayer

C Am C Am

I hear punks talk of anarchy- I hear hobos on the railroad

C Am

I hear mutterings on the chain-gangs

F C Dm

It was those men who built the roads

C Am

And if you put it all together

C Am

You didn’t even once relent

F C Dm

You cast a Long Shadow

F G Am

And that is your testament

F C Dm C

Somewhere in my soul, there’s always Rock and Roll

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