Last Year's Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The rain [Gm]falls [G]down on
[Em]last year's man,
[G]That's a Jew[F]'s harp on the table,
That's a [C]crayon in his hand.
[G]And the corners of the blueprint [Em]are
ruined since they [G]rolled
[F]Far past the stems of [Em]thumbtacks
That still throw [C]shadows on the wood.
[G]And the skylig[F]ht is like ski[D]n
for [G]a drum I'll never [D]mend
And [G]all the rain falls [Em]down amen
On [G]the [F]works of last year's [C]man.

[Verse 2]
[G]
I met a lady, she was playing
with her [Em]soldiers in the dark
Oh [F]one by one she had to tell them
That her [C]name was Joan of [G]Arc.
I was in that army,
yes [Em]I stayed a lit[F]tle while;
I want to thank you, Joan [C]of Arc,

[Verse 3]
For treating me so well.
[F]
And though I wear a [D]uniform I
[G]was not born [D]to fight;
All these [G]wounded boys
you [Em]lie beside,
Good[F]night, my friends, goodnight.
[C]

[Verse 4]
[G]I came upon a wedding that old
[Em]families [F]had contrived;
Bethlehem [C]the bridegroom,
Babylon the bride.
[G]Great Babylon was naked,
oh she stood [Em]there trembling for me,
[F]And Bethlehem inflamed us both
Like [C]the shy one at some orgy.
[F]And when we fell toget[D]her all
our [G]flesh was like [D]a veil
That I [G]had to draw [Em]aside to see
The [F]serpent eat its [C]tail.

[Verse 5]
[G]Some women wait for Jesus,
and some [Em]women wait for Cain
So I [F]hang upon my altar
And I [C]hoist my axe again.
And I [G]take the one who finds me
back [Em]to where it all began
[F]When Jesus was the honeymoon
And [C]Cain was just the man.
And we [F]read from pleasant [D]Bibles that are
[G]bound in blood and [D]skin
That the [G]wilderness is [Em]gathering
All its [F]children back again.
[C]

[Verse 6]
[G]
The rain falls down on [Em]last year's man,
[F]
An hour has gone by
And he [C]has not moved his hand.
[G]But everything will happen if he [Em]only
gives [F]the word;
The lovers will rise up
And [C]the mountains touch the ground.
But the [F]skylight is like [D]skin for
[G]a drum I'll never [D]mend
[G]And all the rain falls [Em]down amen
[G]On [F]the works of last year's
[C]man.

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