Verse
A D E A
When I’m wild with fear, anger and pain,
D
your voice it comes to me,
E A
hold, hold steady and rock slow.
A
Through the winters yeah, through the summers,
D
I’ve lost friends, I’ve lost teachers, lovers,
D A
they’re gone, gone, gone, but you won’t go.
[Chorus]
A D
What a day, what a time, what a long cold night,
E A
you gotta hold, hold steady and rock slow.
A D
I’m ’a tell no lies, hey, the 45 king he only plays 45s,
E A
and the only coca-cola, boys, is a Mexican coke.
[Bridge]
F#m
They came down they were bigger than we were you know,
D
somebody’s cousin was waving a pistol, well,
E
you stepped up hit him in his mouth you said:
E
“Go on put that toy back in its cereal box”.
[Verse 2]
A
You had a mother on the street, father inside,
D
uncle was a veteran, yeah, something wasn’t right with him,
E A
I caught him looking at me from across the room and it shivered my spine.
A
Yeah but you had a strength, you had a compass,
D
you weren’t scared of nobody yeah, you took all comers
E A
and the kids that were weaker than you, well, you treated 'em kind.
[Chorus]
A D
What a day, what a time, what a long cold night,
E A
you gotta hold, hold steady and rock slow.
A D
I’m ’a tell no lies, hey, the 45 king he only plays 45s,
E A
and the only coca-cola, boys, is a Mexican coke.
[Interlude]
A D E A
[Verse 3]
A
Well, they said you lost your mind
D
but it was more like something ate it out from the inside
E A
and you walked through the streets like a ghost with hollowed out eyes.
A
Kids, see you comin’ they cross the street,
D
mothers all told 'em not to speak to you
E A
and you didn’t recognize your own friends, yeah; when some of them tried.
A
But when you were 11 and I was 10,
D
you know, I learned everything that I needed to know then from you
E A
and to this day man I’m still tryin’ to be like you in my mind.
[Chorus]
A D
What a day, what a time, what a long cold night,
E A
you gotta hold, hold steady and rock slow.
A D
I’m ’a tell no lies, hey, the 45 king he only plays 45s,
E A
and the only coca-cola, boys, is a Mexican coke.
[Outro]
A A A A
A
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
A
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
A
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
A
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
A
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
A
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home.
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