The Days Of Pearly Spencer

Intro: Cm Bb G# Bb (2x) Fm Gm Cm (2x) verse 1: Cm Gm A tenement, a dirty street, walked and worn by shoeless feet Cm Eb Bb Inside it's long and so complete, watched by a shivering sun Cm Gm Old eyes in a small child's face watching as the shadows race Cm Eb Bb Through walls and cracks that leave no trace and daylight's brightness shun Chorus: Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm Cm The days of Pearly Spencer, ah hah, the race is almost run verse 2: Cm Gm Nose pressed hard on frosted glass gazing as the swollen mass Cm Eb Bb On concrete fields where grows no grass stumbles blindly on Cm Gm Iron trees smother the air but withering, they stand and stare Cm Eb Bb Through eyes that neither know nor care where the grass has gone Chorus: Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm Cm The days of Pearly Spencer, ah hah, The race is almost run verse 3: Cm Gm Pearly where's your milk white skin, what's that stubble on your chin Cm Eb Bb It's buried in the rot gut gin, you played and lost not won Cm Gm You played a house that can't be beat, now look your head's bowed in defeat Cm Eb Bb You walked too far along the street where only rats can run Chorus: Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm Cm The days of Pearly Spencer, ah hah, the race is almost run Chorus: Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm G# Cm The days of Pearly Spencer, ah hah, the race is almost run, the race is almost run Break: E Cm X2 Cm verse 4: Cm Gm A tenement, a dirty street, remember worn and shoeless feet Cm Eb Bb Remember how you stood to beat the way your life had gone Cm Gm So Pearly don't you shed more tears for those best forgotten years Cm Eb Bb Those tenements are memories of where you've risen from Chorus: Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm Cm The days of Pearly Spencer, ah hah, the race is almost won