x marks the spot Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]"I was in a really dark place,"
"I even thought of packing it in,
but I just could not bring myself to do it."
"I met an old friend that I had a
real connection with,"
"And he saw my des[C]pair."
[Em]"He asked me if I'd like[Am]
to play with him,"
"And as we played I felt, slowly but surely,
rock [C]'n roll grab me by [Em]the neck, and I, well..."

[Verse 2]
[Am]You are a man of impeccable taste
And you [C]know when the
[Em]X marks th[Am]e spot
We all need a map for the trail
of your thought
Where to [C]go? Well,
the [Em]X marks th[Am]e spot

[Verse 3]
[F]You seem to have a mis[Am]giving
Hell yeah, you make a liv[C]ing
Don't add bricks to what we're [Em]heaving
[F]We would [Dm]so much r[D]ather en[Am]joy the beach,
beer and a [Cm]fire
[Eb]You

[Verse 4]
[G#m]think something somewhere
has a copyright for the world
And you've [B]signed where
the [D#m]X marks the [G#m]spot
You join a cult,
fill the void that you've got
Deep with[B]in where the
[D#m]X marks the [G#m]spot

[Verse 5]
[E]There you stand and talk and [G#m]holler
how dark are all your colors
[B]When you paint another [Ebm]sunrise
[E]you leave [F#]out [G#m]the sun[F#]
Birds like you fly straight to [C#]heaven,
[G#]heaven
[F#]Or they slowly float away

[Verse 6]
How [A]well [Am]do you know those
you're calling your own?
I mean... [C]come on,
[Em]dude! (X marks [Am]the spot)
Your starving soul in your house
of skin and bone
You're an [C]island, the X mark[G]s the spot
[Am]"Tes[G]tify children, testify."[E#]

[Verse 7]
[D#]There you stand and talk and [Gm]holler
[G]how dark are all your col[A#]ors
When you paint another [Dm]sunrise
[D#]you leave [E#]out the s[Gm]un[E#]
Birds like you fly straight to [C]heaven, [G]heaven
[E#]Or they slowly float away...
[G]Birds like you fly straight to hea[D]ven,
[Am]heaven
[G]Or they slowly float away...

[Verse 8]
[Bm]
[B]"Rock'n'roll allowed
me to join [Bm]this band,"
[Em]"And there [Bm]was a period of time when I
[B]hadn't [Bm]exactly [G]lost my soul,"
"I just didn't [Bm]know where I'd put it,"
[B]"And I ended up in some very dark places
and some dire cir[Bm]cumstances."
[B]"Now let me tell you, children,
I was trying to fill a [Em]void in my [Bm]heart."
[B]"To fill that void I g[F]ot what
I always wanted:"
[Bm]"Success, [B]prosperity,
[F]the admiration I wanted as a pla[Bm]yer,"
"I got play some big shows and travel
the world from end to end."
"And in the midst of it all I had this
yearning in [G]my heart."
[Bm]"Yearning in my heart [Dm]for
rock'n'roll."
[G]

[Verse 9]
[Em]
[Bm]"I was calle[Abm]d to join [Bm]this band,"
"And [D]I was surround[Dm]ed by g[Bm]ood folks who were servants
[D]of the rock'n'roll who [Dm]passed [F]on the love."
[Fm]"I'll testify: the fear was in me,
[F]I was afraid of everything,"
[Ab5]"I can swear I saw [Cm]my own living
heart [Fm]beating through my shirt."

[Verse 10]
[Fm]You are a circus,
but where is the clown?
There's no [Ab5]map,
still the [Cm]X marks the sp[Fm]ot

[Verse 11]
[Db]There you stand and talk and [Fm]holler
how dark are all your [Ab]colors
[Ab5]When you paint another s[Cm]un rise
[Db]you leave [Eb]out the s[Db]un[Eb]
[F]Birds like you fly straight to [C]heaven, [G]heaven
[F]Or they slowly float down into the night
with senior John [G]Barleycorn

[Verse 12]
[C]Heaven, [G]heaven
[F]Or they slowly float [A]away[Am][Em]
[F][D][Am]
[Em][C][D][Am]
"Now [A]you children,
[G]are you ready to spread [Am]the word?"[G]
"Everybody [Am]sing, 'Eo'"
"Everybody sing,
[Em]'woh[Am]oho'"[Em][A]
[Am]"Everybody [G]sing[Am]
[A]'hey- hey', 'wow- wow', 'hey- hey' huh?"[Am][A]
[G]

[Verse 13]
[F]Birds like you fly straight to [C]heaven, [G]heaven
[F]Or they slowly float away...
[G]Birds like you fly straight to [D]heaven, [A]heaven
[G]Or they slowly float away...

[Verse 14]
"And the funny thing was I was like a spiritual baby running
around with diapers on where the X marks the spot."
"I'd given my life to rock'n'roll but I still
wasn't sure was there rock'n'roll? Is it real?"