E
This old town’s filled with sin
B7 E7
It’ll swallow you in
A E B7
If you’ve got some money to burn.
E
Take it home right away
B7 E7
you’ve got three years to pay
A E B7 E E7
but Satan is waiting his turn.
Chorus:
A B
This old earthquake’s gonna leave me in the poorhouse
E E7 A E B7
It seems like this whole town’s insane.
A B E
On the thirty first floor, a gold plated door
E7 A E B7 E
Won’t keep out the Lord’s burning rain.
E B7
The scientists say,
E7
it’ll all wash away,
A E B7
but we don’t believe it anymore.
E B7
‘Cause we got our recruits,
E7
and our green mohair suits,
A E B7 E E7
so please show your I D at the door.
Chorus:
A B
This old earthquake’s gonna leave me in the poorhouse
E E7 A E B7
It seems like this whole town’s insane.
A B E E7
On the thirty first floor, a gold plated door
A E B7 E
Won’t keep out the Lord’s burning rain.
E B7
А friend came around,
E7
Tried to clean up this town,
A E B7
His ideas made some people mad.
E B7
Yet he trusted his crowd
E7 A
So he spoke right out loud
E B7 E E7
But they lost the best friend they had.
Chorus:
A B
This old earthquake’s gonna leave me in the poorhouse
E E7 A E B7
It seems like this whole town’s insane.
A B E E7
On the thirty first floor, a gold plated door
A E B7 E
Won’t keep out the Lord’s burning rain.
A B E E7
On the thirty first floor, a gold plated door
A E B7 A E
Won’t keep out the Lord’s burning rain.