Our Lady Of Monroe

Intro: G [Verso 1] C D/F# He's out of Newark, a retired detective D G Tryna lose some of what he'd seen D He had twenty-five years on the streets G Where the Lord does not intervene [Verso 2] G D/F# Packed his shaving kit into a small suitcase D G Slipped the rosary off the night shelf D Just the cross remains of his faith G Was all that he had left [Refrão] C G D And the pale sun of the evening G Cut through the windshield as he drove D Head south on the Jersey Turnpike G To the Lady of Monroe [Verso 3] C G D He and his wife, they'd raised a daughter G But his job was all he'd ever really known C D Now she was in southern Indiana G With a family her own [Verso 4] C D As the refinery fields went rushing by G Thought of his little brown-eyed girl C D Shooting cans in the river with his old .22 G As the summer trees unfurled [Refrão] C G D And the pale sun of the evening G Slipped down, velvet and low C D Heard murmured prayers softly rising G To the Lady of Monroe [Verso 5] C G D His rosary hung from the rear-view mirror G A map 'neath the Burger King bag in the front seat C D His gun's tucked deep in the glove box G Another useless tool of his trade he'll never need [Verso 6] C G D From his desk in the South precinct G He'd walked that dirty mile C D Well, that was all over now G He was gonna learn to live, just to live for a while [Refrão] C G D Virgin Mother, give me peace G Peace I've never known C G D In the sunlight, lifted hands softly swaying G To our Lady of Monroe Outro: C G D G