Vesuvius chords and lyrics - VIC CHESNUTT

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[F]Trying [Em]to cl[Dm]ip t[C]he creek[G]
to the [F]bank with a clothes [C]pin[G]
Waterlogged [F]sys[G]tem, rusty [F]spring,
[G]faulty pla[F]nning
[C]Logic squeezed [G]out like [F]mustard at
[C]a c[G]orndog
Hypertension is not wis[F]dom,
[C]chew[G] in[F]g the leather st[C]raps[F][C][G][C][F][C]
[F]Trying [Em]to ho[Dm]ld the sun[C][G]
[F]still with a bobby [C]pin[G]
[Em]Burned [G]fin[F]gers. exc[G]ellent
con[F]ductor of heat
[C]Private fantas[G]ies are not [F]public policy
[C]Christian charity[G] is [F]a doily
over my death boner
[C]Busy wor[G]k is not the Gre[F]at Wall of China
[C]Vanity bamboo[G] hut out bac[F]k
behind the big house
[C]Pre[G]tend is [F]salve for whitey-
boy [C]guilt[F][C][F][C][F][C]
[F]Furi[Em]ously [Dm]slapping[C] at th[G]e moon
[F]with a c[C]ane pol[F]e[C][F][C][F][C]
[F]Trying [Em]to pr[Dm]op u[C]p the he[G]avens
[Dm]with[F] a f[Am]resh[F] flat pencil
[C]Som[G]e folks are allergic to[F] rubber
[C]I am try[G]ing to stitch thi[F]s
one to all the rest of them
[C]But the[G] seams wil[F]l split,
[C]collid[G]e and[F] cleave[C]
Neo[G]politan [F]ice cream is [C]never [G]truly [F]integrated
until it s too [C]late[F][C][F][C][F][C]
[F]Trying [Em]to st[Dm]op the bleed[C]ing[G]
[F]with scotch [Dm]tape[C][G]
Platelets spoil ad[F]hesion,
[G]fire up the cauterizi[F]ng iro[G]n
It's a branding of ne
[F]cessity [G]not scarification
[F]Bli[C]ss was a pim[G]ple that I tri[F]ed to pop
[C]It erupted up and[G] out on my cou[F]ntenance
[C]Ugly eru[G]ption, Ves[F]uvius,
[C]ugly eru[G]ption, Ves[F]uvius
[C]Ugly eruptio[G]n, Ves[F]uvius
[C]Vesuvius [G]at myself,
[F]Vesuvius at myself

[Outro 1]
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