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