Joliet Seven Mary Three
'Joliet' by SEVEN MARY THREE
from the album ORANGE AVE.
Transcribed by Jason Leonard
Chords:
A D C G D* B* A*
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Intro: 0:00- 0:23
[A] [D] [C] [G]
[A] [D] [C] [G]
VERSE: 0:24- 1:09
[A]"Joliet," she [D]says, "is the darkest part of a [C]man..."
It's [G]angry and slick
[A]into those letters [D]writes through herself each [C]time
that she [G]thinks of him
[A]Trips her way down [D]south, into mystery's [C]mouth
and he [G]follows her there
[A]It's what she doesn't [D]say that makes you want to [C]stay
and try to [G]comfort her
Chorus: 1:10- 1:32
D* C* B*
I talked to the cousins of people who knew you
D* C* B*
I asked them the questions they expected to hear, like
D* C* B*
maybe a killing went down in your town
[A]maybe it's the prison or the birth of barbed wire
1:33- 1:44
[A] [D] [C] [G]
Verse: 1:45- 2:30
[A]"Joliet," she [D]says, "is the darkest part of a [C]man..."
It's shaped like [G]liberty's bell
[A]it's cracked and common [D]law, stretched out over it's f[C]laws
just like an [G]ink-less well
[A]The hanging judge in [D]town records her comments [C]down
she saves the [G]crowd the truth
and [A]deals with it her[D]self, fills that hollow [C]well,
with nothing [G]left to prove
Chorus: 2:31- 2:53
D* C* B*
I talked to the mountains and streams that pushed through there
D* C* B*
I talked to the trees that had no fruit to bear
D* C* B*
to the colorless people that sat there beneath her
[A]curled up and stared
2:54- 3:17 (SOLO)
[A] [D] [C] [G]
[A] [D] [C] [G]
3:18- 3:51 (SOLO & band)
[A] [D] [C] [G]
[D] [C] [B]
[D] [C] [B]
[D] [C] [B] [A]
Chorus: 3:52- end
D* C* B*
I talked to the cousins of people who knew you
D* C* B*
I asked them the questions they expected to hear, like
D* C* B*
maybe a killing went down in your town
[A]maybe it's the prison or the birth of barbed wire... Joliet
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved.
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.
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