Nightwatchman: Maximum Firepower ================================ Ami 1a. Thisone's for the shoeshine boy And the farmer in debt Each string is barbed wire Each chord is a threat G This blues guy I met That never had a hit Ami Saidyou don't gotta be loud, son To be heavy as shit 2a. Well I'm the triggerman, baby And tonight I'll prove That this machine here Well it kills fascists too And don't be surprised If the sermon on the mount Next time is delivered In a little coffee house Dmi 3b. Causesomebody here's Gotta let them know Ami I doubt it's me But here I go Dmi I hit the button vTape started to roll Ami G The song's got fire But it's got no soul C Ami G R: There's a lonely stretch of blacktop G Ami Between here and home C G Ami Drop down into the valley G Ami Piano playin' in theliving room F Ami And when you see thewhite barn G Ami You'll know the journey'sthrough C G Ami My dog's barkingin the backseat G Ami Cause he knows ittoo Dmi C G 4a. You'll need a fake passport And fix your disguise And don't fire, sugar Til you see the whites of their eyes I turned the other cheek But now I'm through The skin you're in Makes choices for you Dmi 5. I was checking off names And I came late to dinner Ami Seems the slices of pie Keep getting thinner and thinner G Brothers and sisters Rejoice and repent Ami The landlord's dead You can keep the rent 6b. You got twelve fine friends But one of 'em's rotten There's a hole out back Ain't got no bottom Forty days in the wilderness Forty sleepless nights I'm confused, half blind And sure I'm right R: There's a lonely stretch of blacktop ... Dmi *: Officer please I won't be long Ami Called the radio station Requested this song I had my doubts About what I knew G So I turned it up --- Then it sounded true 7a. Kiss the ring If the Queen will let you But come over the fence And the dogs will get you On a rope hung the traitor On a hook hung the meat C G You and me are missing persons Til we're counted in thestreets Ami 8. So seize the time And storm the tower G Ami And come correct With Maximum Firepower For the sins of the fathers The son he must pay C G The Nightwatchman giveth And he taketh away 9b. Thought hard about this next line Pretty sure it's true If you take a step towards freedom It'll take two steps towards you So mister I ain't scared And mister I ain't worried Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop I sit as judge and jury R: There's a lonely stretch of blacktop ... Ami 10. The clock strikes the hour Tonight we ride G Ami You've got three more secondsTo choose sides