[ Предположительная тональность: C ] CHORDS C | 032010 Em | 022000 F | 133211 G | 320033 Am | 002210 Dm | xx0231 C Em Colorado passes by like writing on a wall F C Headed eastward down to New Orleans C Em Dippin' into Texas as the stars are fading out F G There's still a lot of country in between Am F C When I left California I was 29 years old F C Dm C G And the world just spun me around C F C Now I watched Louisiana scroll across the window pane Dm F And I face in the direction I am bound Dm C G C F Co-ver up the sun Dm C G C F Let the river run Dm C G C F Make that water come C Wash me away C Em Me, Clifton, and the king of cats, we sat down in the road F C Pedro said, "Boys, we're three of a kind," C Em He said "I sat with river rats and hung my hat with diplomats F G Had four brothers once upon a time" Am F C He said they toured the country far away from the Rio Grande F C Dm C G And the road just wore them down C F C So they bought a house beside a lake, outside of New Orleans Dm F G And they stared in the direction of the escalating sound Dm C G C F Cover up the sun Dm C G C F Let the river run Dm C G C F Take this good man's son C And wash him away C Em Well Sister Indecipherable is talkin to a wall F C Back in New York city, she's a queen (New York she's a queen) C Em Well, resurrect or genuflect, she saves the one she can't protect F G Keeps the chapel Pris- if not Sis-tine Am F C She drinks Absinthe mixed with Kerosene to keep herself upright F C Dm C G But the world still brings her down C F C If you can't keep your shit together when God is on your side Dm F What chance do you have when he's not around? Dm C G C F Cover up the sun Dm C G C F Make that water run Dm C G C F Let the river come C To wash me away C Em People of the Mardi Gras, in their Tuesday best F C Waiting for the South to rise again C Em Children of Geronimo grieving for the West F G Feather-dressed and marching their refrain Am F C Oh in the dark of Armstrong Park the marching bands attend F C Dm C G But they never make a sound C F C Just a quiet prayer for Congo Square, a silent conversation there Dm F G With the night to rest our eyes in we just look to the horizon for the change Dm C G C F Cover up the sun Dm C G C F Let the river run Dm C G C F C I pray the waters come to wash me away Dm C G C F Colour in the sky Dm C G C F Make that diesel fly Dm C G C F C Oh, just lay me down to die and just take me away.