Steadfast Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]There's a girl named Pearl
pumping [F]premium off the [C]Jersey Pike
With a smile like Dottie [Dm]Hepburn
if you [G]know how to act [Em]right
There's [Dm]last chance seekers
with out [G]-of -state plates
Look[Dm]ing for a little piece of [G]heaven
there around old [C]Pearly's [F]gates
And light [Bb]lines split the morning
and made [G]the [Em]sky vibrate.
[C]Now the dark dawn withered
as [F]we glanced towards the
[C]distant thunder.
There was a new sun rising,
but to [Dm]some just a famil[G]iar wonder.
And then the [Dm]clouds exploded,
rain [G]came with a crash,
[Dm]Folks traded for ca[G]noes
with their used Pon[C]tiacs.
[F]But most got re[Bb]fused,
there were too many [G]stacks,
And the most confused
were the [Em]ones left [C]with [Em]Cadillacs.
Now telephone poles spilt, split,
and spit out live [Bb]sparks[Em]
World trade centers collided
down into Needle Park
Pyramids and palaces
were likewise bound to fall
No long -standing landmark
was even half -recognizable at [C]all
Yet the old [F]house still stands,
but [C]now it's shifted to a tilt
You can still see the water line
[Dm]from when the rive[G]r spilled
[Em]Over [Dm]the banks and into [G]the valley,
[Dm]down through town and right [G]up my alley
It [C]could have been the end,
or [F]just time to [Bb]clean it up [G]again.
Cleaning it up [C]again.
Well, when [G]shorelines [C]change,
[G]will bea[Fm]ches still resist
the [F]pounding [C]waves?
Will preachers still persist,
[Dm]or no one have[G] a whole
lot to [Dm]say?
Even when the mountains [G]derange,
[Dm]I want to find you to [G]see
That [C]you're still [F]around,
steadfast [Bb]and relatively free

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