Song: It's For You - by Mike Roe From: Safe As Milk (12 song version) As transcribed by Kurt Knutson. (knurty@aol.com) "This song you could play in your Baptist church and not miss a chord change." ~ Mike Roe G D/F# D/F#sus-D/F# it's a wake-up call -- 'cuz the thrill of it all Am C D isn't worth the punch -- drunken binges only blow your lunch G D/F# D/F#sus-D/F# yes you shot your wad -- when you named yourself "God" Am C but your nickname is "chump" -- blowing chunks out your mouth wisdom out D your rump G D/F# D/F#sus-D/F# it's a belching gas -- it's a treacherous trip on a mountainous pass Am C it's a warning, it's a block -- you're the cock 'o th' walk but you can't D walk your talk C D G It's for you and you and you C D G ahh it's for you and you, you too C D G it's for you and you and you C D G yeah it's for you and you and you G D/F# D/F#sus-D/F# it's a freeze-frame still full of whiskey and bitter pills Am C D it's a catwalk crawl through one barroom brawl after another (it's a mother) G D/F# D/F#sus-D/F# so don't look down -- 'cuz you won't like the drop Am C it's fun while you're flying -- but it's bad when you're lying there D bleeding and dying (chorus) C Em it's a bath of sin -- with no way to clean up and no way to win Am C D it's a hardened heart -- that attacks when it stops and you can't make it start again (music bridge) C Em yes, you're laboring under the law -- with all your foibles and all of your flaws Am you can cut 'em all loose and save yourself from the hangman C D there's no need to be damned but do you give a dang, man? C Em whether fortune and fame -- or rank poverty we all rank just the same Am C 'cuz every knee has to bow -- to some god of some kind which one will D you choose now? C D G is it you and you and you? |