Edith And The Kingpin


EDITH AND THE KINGPIN CHORD SHEET(for standard tuning). INTRO - Csus4 Ab69 / Csus2 / Ab69 G-7 C-7 The big man arrives Csus4/G Ab69 Disco dancers greet him Bbsus4/F Plainclothes cops greet him Ab69 Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening C-7 Sophomore jive Csus4/G Ab69 From victims of typewriters Bbsus4/F The band sounds like typewriters Csus2 The big man he's not listening C-7 His eyes hold Edith Csus4/G (D-7) His left hand holds his right Ebmaj7 What does that hand desire Ab69 G-7 Csus2/G That he grips it so tight Edith in the ring The passed-over girls are conferring The man with the diamond ring is purring All claws for now withdrawn One by one they bring His renegade stories to her His crimes and his glories to her In challenge they look on Women he has taken grow old too soon He tilts their tired faces Gently to the spoon Edith in his bed A plane in the rain is humming The wires in the walls are humming Some song-some mysterious song Bars in her head Beating frantic and snowblind Romantic and snowblind She says-his crime belongs Edith and the Kingpin Each with charm to sway Are staring eye to eye They dare not look away You know they dare not look away CODA - C-7 // Ab69 G-7 / Csus2 :// Chord progression for each verse is identical, listen for the changes in the bass.