String of Pearls Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
She [G]swings the string of
pearls on the corner
[D]The street lights reflect
the light in the water
[C]The string it snaps and
the pearls go sailing
And they [D]splash and bounce and
roll 'cross the wet street

[Verse 2]
As she [G]bends to chase the pearls a
car swings 'round the corner
She [D]darts from the eyes of
the panic-struck driver
driver
Who's [C]racing to the delivery room
'Cause in the [D]back seat his wife
is busting out of her womb
[G]

[Verse 3]
And the sack breaks and out
come the Siamese Twins
Who grow [D]up to become
the first President
With two [C]heads
Are better than one
[D]

[Verse 4]
He puts his [G]heads in his hands,
says I got to put my heads togeth[Em]er
[D]I can become the best President ever
And [C]not just President

[Interlude 1]
Fend for yourself
[D][G][C]
[G][C]
[G]

[Verse 5]
Signs his [G]name, takes the blame for
all of the names with no [D]shame
In their beliefs
They ad[C]journ and they leave,
and [D]in walks [C]a man
With [D]a broom and a knife
and blood on his hands

[Verse 6]
And [G]he sweeps everything [C]under the rug
And goes [D]home to his kids
and gives them a hug
But his [C]wife was not there,
she had just left a letter
That [D]said "you'd be much
better off without me"
[G]

[Verse 7]
Now his wife took the train to
her ex-lover's funeral
funeral
[Em]Who died[D] in the bathroom,
hit his head on a urinal
When [C]they got together,
the knowledge was carnal
And the [D]widow was at the [Em]fu neral,
and [D]they had quite a catfight

[Verse 8]
And they [G]fell into the hole where the
[C]casket was resting
And the [D]preacher just left in the
middle of the service
'Cause [C]death was one thing,
but women made him nervous
And he [D]ran to his car and he drove

[Interlude 2]
'round the corner
[G][C][G]
[C][G]

[Verse 9]
Then [G]something in the street
caught the light in his eye
He pulled [D]over, reached down,
and picked up a pearl from the gut[C]ter
And he didn't know what to think
[D]And he brought it home and
washed it in the sink

[Verse 10]
And he [G]gave the pearl to
Sister Mary [Em]Teresa
Who [D]could not accept it
so she gave it to Lisa,
A [C]young prostitute who was missing a pearl
On the [D]necklace that broke late last
[D][G]
[C]nig[G]ht

[Outro 1]
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[C][G]
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