Tonart: A major
Verse 1
G
She swings the string of
pearls on the corner
D
The street lights reflect
the light in the water
C
The string it snaps and
the pearls go sailing
D
And they splash and bounce and
roll 'cross the wet street
Verse 2
G
As she bends to chase the pearls a
car swings 'round the corner
D
She darts from the eyes of
the panic-struck driver
driver
C
Who's racing to the delivery room
D
'Cause in the back seat his wife
is busting out of her womb
G
Verse 3
And the sack breaks and out
come the Siamese Twins
the first President
Are better than one
D
Verse 4
G
He puts his heads in his hands,
Em
says I got to put my heads together
D
I can become the best President ever
Interlude 1
Fend for yourself
D
G
C
G
C
G
Verse 5
G
Signs his name, takes the blame for
D
all of the names with no shame
In their beliefs
C
They adjourn and they leave,
D
C
and in walks a man
D
With a broom and a knife
and blood on his hands
Verse 6
G
C
And he sweeps everything under the rug
D
And goes home to his kids
and gives them a hug
C
But his wife was not there,
she had just left a letter
D
That said "you'd be much
better off without me"
G
Verse 7
Now his wife took the train to
her ex-lover's funeral
funeral
Em
D
Who died in the bathroom,
hit his head on a urinal
C
When they got together,
the knowledge was carnal
D
Em
And the widow was at the fu neral,
D
and they had quite a catfight
Verse 8
G
And they fell into the hole where the
D
And the preacher just left in the
middle of the service
C
'Cause death was one thing,
but women made him nervous
D
And he ran to his car and he drove
Interlude 2
'round the corner
G
C
G
C
G
Verse 9
G
Then something in the street
caught the light in his eye
D
He pulled over, reached down,
C
and picked up a pearl from the gutter
And he didn't know what to think
D
And he brought it home and
washed it in the sink
Verse 10
G
And he gave the pearl to
D
Who could not accept it
so she gave it to Lisa,
C
A young prostitute who was missing a pearl
D
On the necklace that broke late last
D
G
C
G
night
Outro 1
C
G
C
G
C
G
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