Rocky World


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: snd0@gov.nt.ca (Shaun Dean) Subject: CRD:Rocky World - Daniel Lanois Rocky World - Daniel Lanois G Bm9 C G My hands are wrapped in your raven hair G Bm9 C In the faded picture on the back stair C Bm9 C We were narrow, we were steady, trembling and ready C D G To give it Hell in this rocky world G Bm9 C G You said do I look like I could be a strong mother G Bm9 C And raise the good side of a young daughter C Bm9 C In the hotel Shangri-La let me tell you C D G I've been thinking of her in this rocky world G Bm9 C G Chicago is heavy, but I can't turn around G Bm9 C I'm smuggling that whiskey, every flesh and pound C Bm9 C Michigan I worry, and Susie I'm sorry C D G That I lost you out there in the rocky world C Bm9 C Would you build me a building a chapel up there G Bm9 C At the top of the hill in the still blue air C Bm9 C Near the weather vane, by the track and train C D G I'll be looking for you in the rocky world G Bm9 C G She's turning twenty and out on the make G Bm9 C Pounding the blacktop with a habit to shake C Bm9 C She's looking for a manger in the eyes of a stranger C D G Down on the streets of a rocky world G Bm9 C G Jenny has religion she sings in a church G Bm9 C She's made a decision to colour her hair C Bm9 C The Black man cut the sugar cane she watches the rain C D G In a building far from the rocky world C Bm9 C Yeah I'll tell you something I'll never forget G Bm9 C The sight of you in silhouette C Bm9 C Outside Sault Ste. Marie you really threw me C D G When you pulled me down to your rocky bed G Bm9 C G In a crowded room I stood there empty G Bm9 C Looking for salvation and glory be C Bm9 C When a shot turned my head and I saw you instead C D G Walk into my rocky world Alright, there we go...Anybody else out there have more Lanois tunes to share? Shaun