human cannonball chords and lyrics - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III

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[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][Bm][G][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Emmanuel
[D]Zucchini Senior[Bm]
The Hu[Em]man [D]Cannonball
Died [G]in Sarasota[D]Monday[G]
Eighty- four [A]was [G]all
From Italy [D]in Thirty- four
[G]John [Bm]Ringling brought
[Em]him here[D]
Broken neck in [G]Fifty- [D]one
[G]End[A]ed his[D] career
[Bm][D]

[Verse 2]
But in those years [G]in [D]between[Bm]
Sev[G]enteen [D]in all
Few flew as [G]fast or as [D]far[G]
As the Cannon[A]ball
[G]Fifty- eight yards and[D] one foot
Was [G]the dis[Bm]tance that [Em]he w[D]ent
Fifty- four [G]miles in [D]an hour
[G]The spe[A]ed tha[D]t he was sent

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][Bm][G][D][G]
[D][G][A][G][D][G][Em][D]
[G][D][G][A][D]

[Verse 3]
Two of his brothers [G]and two [D]daughters
[Bm]Nine grand[G]children [D]in all
And the [A]one [G]great gra[D]ndchi[G]ld
Survive the [A]Cannonball
[G]He died on Mon[D]day where he lived
[G]It happen[Bm]s to us [Em]all[D]
Shot through the [G]air expecting [D]nets
[G]A f[A]light and then a fall

[Outro 1]
[D]
[G][Bm][D][Bm][Em][G]