Conduit for Sale! Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][E5][D]
[E][D][E5][D]
[E5][D][E]
[E5]I'm tryi[D]n' I'm try

[Verse 1]
[E5]
in'
I'm try[D]in'
I'm try[E5]in'
[D]I'm try[E5]in'
I'm try[D]in'
I'm try[E5]in' and I'll [D5]try
I'm try[E5]in' and I'll try
[D]Imagine

[Verse 2]
[E]if [E5]you w[D]ere[E5]
[D]Her[D5]r Bar[E5]ockter
Alias and nobleman
Son [D]of son of sky, and [E5]of scion
Part [D]of his rich [E5]inheritance
Parceled and gener[D]ous divorce
Sentence forth[E5]with, being
Cer[D]tain blocks of land
And liv[E]ing quarters [D]deemed
By all gentlemen
[E5]An d wives t[D]hereof
To be grossly humane
And [E5]frankly, [D]qui[E]te[E5][D5]
[E5]un-dir[D]ty
[E5][D][E5]
[D][E5][D5][E5]
[D5]

[Verse 3]
[E5]
[D]Her[E5]r Bar[D]oc[E5]kter
In his [D]enviable [E5]good taste
Tries quick escape [D]gambit
[E5]Via local periodicals
[D]But no takers, land [E]an envi[E5]able station
[D]In the conduit between two[E5] selves
A verit[D]able no-man's land
land
[E5]Ar ray of th[D]e flophouse,[D5] cardboard
mater[D]ials
And carbon-[E]monoxide [E5]wallpaper
wallpa[D]per
[D5]All his brig-d[E5]eck Torino Torino boys a[D]sk
[E5]Is i[D5]rrel ev[E5] ant[D][E5][D]

[Verse 4]
I'm try[E5]in'
I'm try[D]in'
I'm try[E5]in'
I'm try[D5]in'
I'm try[E5]in'
I'm try[D]in'
I'm try[E5]in' and I'll [D]try
I'm try[E5]in' and I'll [D]try

[Interlude 1]
[E][E5][E][E5]
[D]
[E5][D][E5]
[D][E5][D][E5]
[D][E5][D][E5]
Unable [D]to bear the scandal, Ray,

[Verse 5]
[E]
philanthropist
[D]Rents low-down [E5]scab scab
house in [D]conduit
[E]Herr [D]Barockter offers said
land for a song
[Em]But no one [D]wants to sing
In an attempt to [E5]re tain
social priv[D]ileges
Yet mask it as [E5]goodwill,
He says to the [D5]conduit members:
[E5]"Take this rot[D5]ten [D]old tree
and make it bear fruit"
[E5]Cheers erupted t[D]hroughout
the thin settle[E5]ment
An Italian [D]male was heard to say
[E5]"Between here and there
[D]Is better than either here
[E5]or there!"[D][Em]
I'm try[D5]in' I'm try

[Verse 6]
[E5]
in'
[D]I'm try[E5]in'
I'm try[D]in'
I'm try[E5]in'[D]
I'm try[E5]in'[D5]
I'm try[E5]in' and I'll [D]try
[D5]I'm [E5]tryin[D]'[E5][D]
[E5]an d[D] I'l[E5]l tr[D]y
I'm [E5]try [D]in' [E5]and I[D]'ll try

[Outro 1]
[Em]
[D][Em][D]
[E5][D][Em][E5][D]
[E5]