Mercenaries Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
It's [D]a slow motion night
[F#m]In the hot city lights
Past [G]time when the good folks
Are snor[A]ing in bed

[Verse 2]
On a loose-[D]jointed cruise
cruise
[F#m]To recolor your blues
With [Bm]il legal notions al[G]ive,[A]
Alive in your [G]head[D][G][Em]
[G][Em][G][D]

[Verse 3]
[A]
You are [D]back from some war
That you've [F#m]been fighting for
[G]Some old blue blood bastard
In a [A]dark pinstripe suit

[Verse 4]
and the [D]word from your loins
Has your [F#m]mind in your groin
And your [Bm]back pocket
burning with [A]blood
Blood money [G]loot[D]
[Em][G][Asus4][D]

[Verse 5]
So, you [G]walk past the glow
Of the flick[F#m]er-picture shows
shows
Where the [Bm]raincoat men wait
[E]For a child to come by

[Verse 6]
And the [G]wo men in doorways
Who [F#m]have nothing to say
'Cause your [Bm]money is talking
To the [A]ones that you would
try
[G][D][Em][G][D]

[Verse 7]
[A]
She [D]owns the block
With the [F#m]dead pawnshop clock
She's the [G]answer to dreams
That you [A]pay to come true

[Verse 8]
She's got [D]no heart of gold
But that's [F#m]not what she's
sold
[Bm]She just sees herself doing [A]what she
What she has to [G]do[D]
[Em][G][Asus4][D]

[Verse 9]
[A]
And she's [D]all that you're hoping
As [F#m]her coat falls open
Give her [G]bread she leads you
To a [A]bed on the floor

[Verse 10]
Where for [D]ten million years
And through [F#m]ten billion tears
[Bm]The armies of [A]bootmen have marched
Back from [C]their [D]war[Em]s[G][D]

[Verse 11]
She's in [G]that state of grace
Before [F#m]time finds her face
With a [Bm]mind of old wisdoms
And a [E]body still young

[Verse 12]
And [G]she tastes as sweet
As [F#m]a child's chocolate
Before the [Bm]butts and the whiskey
Had [A]wasted the taste of [C]your
[D]tongue
[Em][G][Asus4][D]

[Verse 13]
Play the [G]music again
Of the [F#m]grey-stubble men
men
That [Bm]groaning blue symphony
[E]Moans evermore
[Em]And you

[Verse 14]
[G]watch as she fakes it
And of [F#m]course you just take it
She's [Bm]better than others
You [A]never paid money [G]for[D]
[Em][A]

[Interlude 1]
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[D]

[Verse 15]
You've [D]used up your booty
[F#m]The girl's done her duty
The turn[G]stile has turned
And [A]you learn you are done

[Verse 16]
[D]You're back on the street
Joining [F#m]fresh marching feet
[Bm]You see more soldiers coming
And [A]your girl chooses [G]one[D]
[Em][A][D]

[Verse 17]
And [G]the medic has brought
Shots for [F#m]what you have caught
Your [Bm]leave is all over
You're [E]back on the line

[Verse 18]
And the [G]joke in the trenches
Of the [F#m]hot blooded wenches
And the next [Bm]thing that you'll do
When they nex[A]t give you
the tim.
[G][Em][G][D]

[Verse 19]
[A]
And you're [D]back in your army
Back [F#m]shedding red blood
And you [G]dream of the girl
As [A]you sleep in the mud

[Verse 20]
And you [D]know you'd swap with her
If the [F#m]deal could be made
'Cause you'd [Bm]rather be working at [A]love
Love as your [G]trade

[Outro 1]
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