Am Em Am Em
Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 G


[Verse]
                Am      Em
This is not New Orleans
   Am          Em
No party in my head
  Fmaj7          G
I want to take a bottle
         Fmaj7         G
From the barroom to my bed
  Am               Em
I want to know the flavor
         Am             Em
Feel the stinging on my tongue
Fmaj7             G
See the scattered dumbness
   Fmaj7                Em
Of another evening left undone


[Chorus]
            Am
This is not poetry
          Em
This is depravity
           F
This is an outrage
          G
This is unsavory
       F
I am escaping
        Em
My home trappings
            F
It takes an old man
          G
To bend a sapling


[Break]
Am Em F G
Am Em F G


[Verse]
       Am
Do not wait
       Em
Do not ponder
             Am
What goes on here
           Em
Goes on up yonder
        Fmaj7
Ghastly mask
        G
Shape undone
        Fmaj7
A human pile
            G
Of hair and come


[Chorus]
            Am
This wicked man
             Em
Has become unwise
        F
A silhouette
            G
Between her thighs
           Am
We are now going
           Em
We are not growing
   F        G
Anymore, anymore


[Verse]
          Am
Wipe your mouth
             Em
The bottle's empty
   F
Urinate
         Em
Upon the tree
         Fmaj7
Into the lake
              G
You threw the house key
       Fmaj7
Your mistake
          G
Their morality


[Outro]
                Am
Sleeps with the fishes
      Em
Dirty dishes
               F
There lays the vessel
       G
On its side
                Am
Sleeps with the fishes
      Em
Dirty dishes
               F
There lays the vessel
       G
On its side


[Outro Instrumental]
Am Em Am Em
Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 G Am