The Old Holland Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I was sick with that old [Am]Mar garet,
for [C]four years near [G]about
Young, dumb and dumbstruck [Em]when Margie,
she blew my [Bm]candle [Em]out
I've [G]got to have me a [C]partner
[Em]if I'm to se[Bm]ll it all[Em]
Save the [G]mirror I look [Am]best in,
in the [C]back of that dirty [G]hall

[Verse 2]
Stares [G]through the beers [Am]and year
and the [C]bags and bruises [G]fade
Those grim lines [Em]turn sharp and fine
like laws [Bm]the pilgrim [Em]laid
Beam[G]ing through all the [C]brag and
cuss [Em]promi[Bm]sing t[Em]he fall
At the [G]mirror I look [Am]best in,
in the [C]back of that [G]dirty hall

[Verse 3]
Soak [G]up their mislaid [Am]luck and the
[C]floor is a pond [G]of piss
The brown glass throws [Em]a face back
wondering how it [Bm]came to [Em]this
[G]Something about being [C]there at last
[Em]makes [Bm]a man [Em]stand tall
That's the [G]mirror I look [Am]best in,
in the [C]back [G]of that dirty hall

[Interlude 1]
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[Em][Bm][Em][G][C]
[Em][Bm][Em][G][Am][C]
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[Verse 4]
I can't [G]take up another [Am]drink and
[C]fight them now no [G]more
They're all moving,
[Em]you're one of them through that Old [Bm]Holland [Em]door
I'm [G]wishing for a [Am]pardon through
[C]hoarse and hungry call[G]s
Towards the mirror I look [Am]best in,
in the [C]back of this dirty hall

[Outro 1]
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[Em][Bm][Em][G][C]
[Em][Bm][Em][G][Am][C]
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