Before the Kiss, a Redcap Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[C][D][G][C][A][C][Gm][G][C]
[G][C][G][Bb]
So [Gm]grab your

[Verse 1]
[C]
rose and [G]ring side seat,
We're back [C]home [G]at [D]Con[G]ry's bar
The [D]blond [C]girl [G]with her tattoo,
Reds [C]and [D]wine, cokes [G]of course
Oh [C]my Susie,

[Verse 2]
my [G]Susie,
Why did [C]we [Gm]ever start
It's morning [C]now, you'd never [G]know
The [F]gin, [Eb]the gin, glows [C]in the dark
Glows in the dark
[D][G][Gm][C][G]

[Verse 3]
And [C]underneath the [G]black light,
[C]Underneath [G]it all
Four and [C]forty [G]redhea[Gm]ds mee[G]t,
Come [D]to [C]doom, [G]doom the[Gm] dawn
[G]With thr[C]eats of

[Verse 4]
gas and rose mo[G]tif
Their lips [C]apart like swollen [G]rose
Their tongues [C]ex tend, and then re[G]tract
A red[F]cap, [Eb]a redcap, before[C] the kiss

[Interlude 1]
Before the kiss.
[Gm][F][G][F][C][G][F]
[C][G][D][C]
[Bb][G][D][C]
[Bb][F]

[Verse 5]
[G]Doors like flint and window panes
[D]An endless shadow bar
The [C]owner's boys have gone to work
[Bb]To stop big [C]deals behind that bar

[Verse 6]
While [G]outside on the turnpike
[D]They got this new hit tune
Where [C]thrills become as cheap as gas
And [Bb]gas as cheap as thrills
[G]

[Interlude 2]
[D][C][Bb]
[G][D][C][Bb]

[Verse 7]
One [G]threat
and mundane here at last
Ex[D]pect to cross one more
[C]Lecherous invisible
Be[Bb]ware the livid [D]cat

[Verse 8]
Whose [G]black teeth grip
between loose jaws
[D]Still ripe and fully bloomed
A [C]rose that's not from anywhere
That [Bb]you would know [D]or I would care
[G][D]

[Interlude 3]
[C][Bb][D]
[C][G][D][C][Bb]

[Verse 9]
And the [G]owners act most cheerfully
[D]Back home at Conry's bar
[C]When their patrons' thoughts at last
Grow [Bb]too big for their skulls
[D]

[Verse 10]
[G]Aw ful [D]things are happening
We've let this drama fold
And [C]now the time has come at last
[Bb]To crush the motif [D]of the rose.
[G][D]

[Interlude 4]
[C][Bb]
[G][Gm][Bb]
[C][G]
So [D]grab your

[Verse 11]
[C]rose and [G]ring side seat
We're [C]back home [G]at Conry's bar
The [C]blond girl with [G]her tattoo
Reds and [C]wine, [G]cokes [Gm]of course[G]
[C]Oh my Susie,

[Verse 12]
my [G]Susie
Why did [C]we ever [Gm]start[G]
It's morning [C]now, you'd never know
[G]The gin, the [F]gin, [Eb]glows in t[G]he dark[C]

[Outro 1]
Glows in the dark
[G][F][Eb][D]
[G][F][Eb][D]
[G][F][Eb]
[D][G][F]
[Eb][D][G][F][C][Bb][G][F][C][Bb]
[G][F][C][Bb]