To The Dogs Or Whoever
by Josh Ritter
interpreted by Matt Rowley
Chords
E-7---4---4--5--7-------------------|
B-9---4---5--5--7-------------------|
G-9---4---6--6--8-------------------|
D-9---6---6--7--9-------------------|
A-7---6---4--7--9-------------------|
E-7---4---4--5--7-------------------|
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Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
Down with the deep blue jail around her
Running her hands through the ribs of the dark
Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc
I love the way she looks in her underwear
I lose my page in the book then the plot then I swear
She makes the most of her time loving me plenty
She knows there'll come a day when I won't be gettin' any
The stain of the sepia the butcher Crimea
Through the wreck of a brass band I thought I could see her
In a cakewalk she came through the dead and the lame
Just a little bird floatin' on a hurricane
I was flat on my back, my feet in the thorns
I was in between the apples and the chloroform
She came to me often, I was sure I was dying,
It was always hard to tell if she was laughing or crying
I thought I heard somebody callin'
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.
Joan never cared about the in-betweens
Combed her hair with a blade did the Maid of Orleans
Said Christ walked on water, we can wade through the war
You don't need to tell me who the fire is for
O bring me the love that can sweeten a sword
A boat that can love the rocks or the shore
The love of an iceberg reachin' out for the wreck
Can you love me like the crosses love the nape of the neck?
[keyboard interlude]
Was it Casey Jones, or the Casey at the bat
Who died outta pride and got famous for that
Killed by a swerve laid low by the curve
Do you ever think they ever thought they got what they deserved?
Don't pity the bully, pity the man
Who both found their place in the same sad plan
It wasn't like the barrell goin' over the falls
Crying all the way down I never asked to be involved
I though I heard somebody callin'
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.
[keyboard interlude]
General George began the day by drinking pink little pills
Sent his men to the top of some helluva hill
Through the whisper of trees came artillery breeze
He said I love they way the wind comes a-ticklin' my knees
Jane shot the apple right between the eyes
I was thinking of her when you came outside
Lemonade on your breath, sun in your hair
Did I mention how I love you in your underwear?
Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
Down with the deep blue jail around her
Runnin her hands throuhg the ribs in the dark
Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc
I though I heard somebody callin'
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.
I though I heard somebody callin'
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.