B
Take a little walk to the edge of town,
go across the tracks
B
Where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom,
as it shifts and cracks
E
Where secrets lie in the border fires, in the humming wires,
Hey man, you know you’re never coming back
B
Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks
F#
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
E
In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
B
B
He’ll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you’ve been a good boy
B
He’ll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
E
He’ll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul,
But there won’t be a single thing that you can do
B
He’s a ghost, he’s a god, he’s a man, he’s a guru
F#
They’re whispering his name through this disappearing land
E
But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
B
B
You don’t own no money? He’ll get you some
B
You don’t have no car? He’ll get you one
E
You don’t have no self respect, you feel like an insect,
Well don’t you worry buddy cause here he comes
B
Through the ghetto and the barrio and the bowery and the slum
F#
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
E
Stacks of green paper in his red right hand
B
Solo #1
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3
E ————————————————–|
B ————————————————–|
G ————————————————–|
D –4———–2-4-2—0-2-0—–0—————–|
A ——————————4—4—–0——-2-|
E ————————————————–|
Play the above four times (once each over chords B B E B)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E —————————————————————-|
B —————————————————————-|
G –2———–0-2-2—0-2———0—————————–|
D ——————————4—————4—2—4-2-0—2-|
A —————————————————————-|
E —————————————————————-|
Play this once over F# chord
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3
E ————————————————–|
B ————————————————–|
G ————————————————–|
D –4———–2-4-2—0-2-0—–0—————–|
A ——————————4—4—–0——-2-|
E ————————————————–|
Play this once over B chord
Crd:B B G B B G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3
E —————————————————-|
B ——————8——————————-8-|
G –4—–4———7—————4—–4———7-|
D –4—–4———5—————4—–4———5-|
A –2—–2————————-2—–2———–|
E —————————————————-|
Play this twice over chords written above… (BBG,BBG)
B
You’ll see him in your nightmares, you’ll see him in your dreams
B
He’ll appear out of nowhere but he aint what he seems
E
You’ll see him in your head, on the TV screen
And hey buddy, I’m warning you to turn it off
B
He’s a ghost, he’s a god, he’s a man, he’s a guru
F#
You’re one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
E
Designed and directed by his Red Right Hand
B
Solo #2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3
E ————————————————–|
B ————————————————–|
G ————————————————–|
D –4———–2-4-2—0-2-0—–0—————–|
A ——————————4—4—–0——-2-|
E ————————————————–|
Play the above three times (once each over chords B B E)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E —————————————————————-|
B —————————————————————-|
G —————————————————————-|
D –4———–2-4-2—0-2-0—–0————————-0—2-|
A ——————————4—4—–0——-2—–4———|
E —————————————————————-|
Play this once over B chord
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E ——————————————————————|
B ——————————————————————|
G –2———–2-0—–2-0———0———–0——-0———–|
D ——————4——-4-0-2-4—————4-2-0—4-2-0-2-0-|
A ——————————————————————|
E ——————————————————————|
Play this once over F# chord
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3
E ————————————————–|
B ————————————————–|
G ————————————————–|
D –4———–2-4-2—0-2-0—–0—————–|
A ——————————4—4—–0——-2-|
E ————————————————–|
Play this once over B chord
Crd:B B G B B G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3
E —————————————————-|
B ——————8——————————-8-|
G –4—–4———7—————4—–4———7-|
D –4—–4———5—————4—–4———5-|
A –2—–2————————-2—–2———–|
E —————————————————-|
Play this three times over chords written above… (BBG,BBG)
then finish on a B:
E —–
B —–
G –4–
D –4–
A –2–
E —–
