THE BOOTLEG SAINT – The Sam Roberts Band Submitted by Rocco C. Intro strum between A – B5, then D5-E5 A - B5 Come make your complaint to the Bootleg Saint He's been gone, keepin' on, keepin' on for your freedom D5-E5 Black boots, brown skin he has chemical roots He's taking back the city one sinner at a time F#min A F#min A He'll sacrifice if you pay the price B He remembers a time when everything was alright We had water from wine, the streets were alive D5-E5 Then old Captain Industry who sold his soul at Wounded Knee Bought himself a little property The Saint had found his enemy F#min A F#min A A-B5 He'll sacrifice if you pay the price D A The laws might sleep, but they never die E A – B5 Lions for sheep - an eye for an eye E A-B5 He wears a ring with the brand of a three-legged dog E A-B5 His rose-coloured glasses cut through the fog D A The laws might sleep but they never die E A – B5 Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye A – B5 He came down on a storm cloud hard as the Amazon rain Took him on, took him on and on And you can pay your respects in the form of a cheque He's taking back the city one sinner at a time F#min A F#min A He'll sacrifice if you pay the price D A The laws might sleep but they never die E A – B5 Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye D A The Bootleg Saint, well he walks the line D A – B5 Between an everyman hero and a waste of time