When Sal's Burned Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][F#m][A][Bm][G][A][D][A]
[D]

[Verse 1]
Are we the [F#m]fools [C#m]for being[F#m]
[Bm]suprised that a silence could end with no [G]sound
Like the si[A]lent movie era, like with [D]snow,
like when [A]Sal's burned [D]down
Well, yeah, there was [F#m]noise,
[C#m]but nothin[F#]g to mark t[Bm]he passing on[G]
Of that [F#]great unspoken
[Bm]chance we had found
Where the [G]night's end came,
well- trod an[F#m]d famili[F#]ar
Like the [Bm]Charlie Chapin walk that fades
to [G]black[D]
And there wasn't any[F#m]one
trying [Bm]to sell their souls
They [G]were only try[A]ing to
buy them [D]back[F#m][Bm]
They [G]were only try[A]ing to
buy them [D]back
[A]

[Verse 2]
[D]
Well, yeah, [F#m]there was a Sal,
he [Bm]walked with bulging pockets 'round [G]town
Either he was up to no [A]good or he just got
[D]excited watching things burn [A]down[D]
Well I guess he [F#m]got the idea if you ho[Bm]ld
a chunk of gold in your hand [G]now
For once in your [F#]life you can
[Bm]throw some weight around
And [G]Sal, you slimeball sell- out,
how can [F#]we blame you?
We all [Bm]want something to put
our [G]fingers [D]on
And you nev[F#m]er know the true
[Bm]throne that you've lost
Till [G]the [A]vinyl [D]barstools are
[F#m]gone[A][Bm]
Till [G]the [A]vinyl [D]barstools are gone

[Interlude 1]
[A][D][F#m][A]
[Bm][G][A][D][A][D]
[F#m][A][F#m][Bm][G][F#][Bm]

[Verse 3]
If you [Bm]toss [G]around some word
[Bm]s you mi[F#m]ght sa[F#]y that
Sal was [Bm]carrying a torch [G]for the mob
[D]But the mob's gone too[F#m], yeah[C#m],
the only [Bm]sign of them left
Is on [G]every screen at the multiplex,
[Bm]and we[A] go there, no prob, hey
'Cause [D]there ain't [F#m]no cowboys
[Bm]in this Connecticut town[G]
No, not anymore, [A]no,
[D]not since Sal[A]'s burned dow[D]n
Once [F#m]you'd dip your tin cup [Bm]down
in the muse's watering [G]hole
Or pion[F#m]eer a [F#]new p[F#m]atch[Bm]
of common ground
Then you'd [G]lie on your time-
[Bm]traveled [F#]bedroll
Quite [Bm]amazed at the
[G]expansive [D]terrain
And if anyone [A]said that you'd nev[F#m]er have fam[Bm]e and fortune,
just that [G]bar
[A]You know you'd ride that
[D]way [F#m]again[A][F#m][Bm]
I bet [G]you'd [A]ride that [D]way again.