Scarecrow Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][A]
[D][A][Am][D][Am]
[D][Am][D][Am]
[D][Am][D]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[D]Mary steers clear of the [Am]men from space
[D]Back alley kid with an [Am]American face
She [C]wants the wine
He brings a case
[G]To carry them on through

[Verse 2]
You [D]know what I know about the
[Am]bedroom boys

[Verse 3]
Under[D]cover Russians in
a [Am]pink Rolls-Royce
They [C]They bang the drum
She sets the beat
They [G]carry Miss America
out into the street
She sings [F]"S nowman!
Scarecrow! [Am]John Doe! Buf[D]falo!"
I [Am]wish you wouldn't go

[Verse 4]
[Em]
I got the arms [Am]to reach you
I am the scare[C]crow[G][D]
I [Am]guess you ought to know
I [Em]got the hands [Am]to teach you
I am the scare[C]crow
Snowman [G]sideshow

[Verse 5]
I [D]fell out of love in the [A]snowbound days
[D]Riding the subway in a [A]Valium [Am]haze
I [C]need the whites
She gets the blues
It car[G]ries us on through

[Verse 6]
All these [D]American boys at the
[A]Park 'n' Shop
[D]Selling their memories for a [A]dollar [Am]a pop
[C]Ivan the ancient spaceman race [D]fan
[G]Corners the market on American
tastes
[F]And says "Spaceman! Scarecrow!
[Am]Peepshow! Freak[D]show!"
I [Am]wish you wouldn't go But

[Verse 7]
[Em]
I got the arms [Am]to reach you
I am a scare[C]crow[G][D]
I [Am]guess you ought to know
That [Em]I got the hands to teach [Am]you
I am the scare[C]crow
Punk rock [G]video[Am][G]

[Verse 8]
[Dm]All the sudden light inside [Am]you dies
Maybe you're go[Bb]ing on alone
[Dm]Maybe you're go[F]ing all alone
She dreams of sun[C]light
Sings of smaller things
White sug[G]ar bowls and wedding rings
[Am]You're going o[Bb]n
from me alone
You're go[F]ing on
You're on your own

[Verse 9]
[D]She was married alive in a
[A]Moscow surgery
[D]Hoping to die in a [Am]cold war nursery
[C]All of the kids back home believe
in much [G]more than we do

[Verse 10]
It's a [D]memory play where
the [A]memory [Am]fades
Into [D]pictures you took
Into [Am]records we played
Spy [C]vs Spy
Scarecrow and I
[G]Out across the darkness
where the bomberjets fly
Singing [F]"Spaceman! Smokeshow! Scare
[Am]crow! Geronim[D]o!"
I [Am]wish you wouldn't go

[Verse 11]
[Em]
I got the arms to reach [Am]you
I am a scare[C]crow[G][D]
I [Am]guess you ought to know
I [Em]got the hands [Am]to teach you
I am the scare[C]crow
Snowman [G]Freakshow

[Verse 12]
[D]I w[Am]ish you wouldn't go but I
[Em]got the arms t[Am]o reach you
I am the scare[C]crow
[G]I g[D]ues[Am]s you ought to know
That I [Em]got the hands t[Am]o teach you
I am the scare[C]crow
Listen on the [G]midnight radio

[Outro 1]
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[D][A][Am]
[D][Am][D][Am]
[D][Am][D][Am]
[D][Am][G]
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