Tonart: C# minor
Verse 1
Am
"I was in a really dark place,"
"I even thought of packing it in,
but I just could not bring myself to do it."
"I met an old friend that I had a
real connection with,"
C
"And he saw my despair."
Em
Am
"He asked me if I'd like
to play with him,"
"And as we played I felt, slowly but surely,
C
Em
rock 'n roll grab me by the neck, and I, well..."
Verse 2
Am
You are a man of impeccable taste
C
And you know when the
Em
Am
X marks the spot
We all need a map for the trail
of your thought
C
Where to go? Well,
Em
Am
the X marks the spot
Verse 3
F
Am
You seem to have a misgiving
C
Hell yeah, you make a living
Em
Don't add bricks to what we're heaving
F
Dm
D
Am
We would so much rather enjoy the beach,
Cm
beer and a fire
Eb
You
Verse 4
G#m
think something somewhere
has a copyright for the world
B
And you've signed where
D#m
G#m
the X marks the spot
You join a cult,
fill the void that you've got
B
Deep within where the
D#m
G#m
X marks the spot
Verse 5
E
G#m
There you stand and talk and holler
how dark are all your colors
B
Ebm
When you paint another sunrise
E
F#
G#m
F#
you leave out the sun
C#
Birds like you fly straight to heaven,
G#
heaven
F#
Or they slowly float away
Verse 6
A
Am
How well do you know those
you're calling your own?
C
I mean... come on,
Em
Am
dude! (X marks the spot)
Your starving soul in your house
of skin and bone
C
G
You're an island, the X marks the spot
Am
G
E#
"Testify children, testify."
Verse 7
D#
Gm
There you stand and talk and holler
G
A#
how dark are all your colors
Dm
When you paint another sunrise
D#
E#
Gm
E#
you leave out the sun
C
G
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
E#
Or they slowly float away...
G
D
Birds like you fly straight to heaven,
Am
heaven
G
Or they slowly float away...
Verse 8
Bm
B
"Rock'n'roll allowed
Bm
me to join this band,"
Em
Bm
"And there was a period of time when I
B
Bm
G
hadn't exactly lost my soul,"
Bm
"I just didn't know where I'd put it,"
B
"And I ended up in some very dark places
Bm
and some dire circumstances."
B
"Now let me tell you, children,
Em
Bm
I was trying to fill a void in my heart."
B
F
"To fill that void I got what
I always wanted:"
Bm
B
"Success, prosperity,
F
Bm
the admiration I wanted as a player,"
"I got play some big shows and travel
the world from end to end."
"And in the midst of it all I had this
G
yearning in my heart."
Bm
Dm
"Yearning in my heart for
rock'n'roll."
G
Verse 9
Em
Bm
Abm
Bm
"I was called to join this band,"
D
Dm
Bm
"And I was surrounded by good folks who were servants
D
Dm
F
of the rock'n'roll who passed on the love."
Fm
"I'll testify: the fear was in me,
F
I was afraid of everything,"
Ab5
Cm
"I can swear I saw my own living
Fm
heart beating through my shirt."
Verse 10
Fm
You are a circus,
but where is the clown?
Ab5
There's no map,
Cm
Fm
still the X marks the spot
Verse 11
Db
Fm
There you stand and talk and holler
Ab
how dark are all your colors
Ab5
Cm
When you paint another sun rise
Db
Eb
Db
Eb
you leave out the sun
F
C
G
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
F
Or they slowly float down into the night
G
with senior John Barleycorn
Verse 12
C
G
Heaven, heaven
F
A
Am
Em
Or they slowly float away
F
D
Am
Em
C
D
Am
A
"Now you children,
G
Am
G
are you ready to spread the word?"
Am
"Everybody sing, 'Eo'"
"Everybody sing,
Em
Am
Em
A
'wohoho'"
Am
G
Am
"Everybody sing
A
Am
A
'hey- hey', 'wow- wow', 'hey- hey' huh?"
G
Verse 13
F
C
G
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
F
Or they slowly float away...
G
D
A
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
G
Or they slowly float away...
Verse 14
"And the funny thing was I was like a spiritual baby running
around with diapers on where the X marks the spot."
"I'd given my life to rock'n'roll but I still
wasn't sure was there rock'n'roll? Is it real?"
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