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Artist: The Decemberists Album: Picaresque Song: On The Bus Mall Main contributor: Andy Bouwman (marpocky@hotmail.com) (Intro:) Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G C In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats G we kicked around C From stairway to station, we made a sensation G with the gadabout crowd C And oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets G For the old men at the off-tracks C Who've paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars G Which we squirreled away Em Am In our rat-trap hotel by the freeway C G And we slept in Sundays C Your parents were anxious, your cool was contagious G At the old school C You left without leaving a note for your grieving G Sweet mother while your brother was so cruel C And here in the alleys your spirits were rallied G As you learned quick to make a fast buck C In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms G We bit our tongues Em Am Sucked our lips into our lungs 'til we were falling C Such was our calling Em D Am C And here in our hollow we fused like a family Em D C But I will not mourn for you Em D Am C So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away Am Cm We're kings among runaways G On the bus mall Cm G We're down on the bus mall C Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants G Of the old town C We reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball G And we never let the bastards get us down C And we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks G On the colonnades of the waterfront park C As four in the morning came on cold and boring G We huddled close Em Am In the bus stop enclosure enfolding C Our hands tightly holding Em D Am C But here in our hollow we fused like a family Em D C But I will not mourn for you Em D Am C So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away Am Cm We're kings among runaways G On the bus mall Cm G We're down on the bus mall Cm G We're down on the bus mall Cm G Down on the bus mall D C G C G Oh
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