Kunci: C major
Verse 1
F#
The sky is overcast,
B
the wind has no direction,
Bsus2
F#
this heat can't last
Bsus2
She tells her reflection
F#
and it stirs her past
Bsus2
B
She flips back to shut ters,
F#
D#m
G#
B
her calico flutters in the breeze
Bsus2
B
Bsus2
B
Bsus2
F#
Seven years gone by
C#m
B
A stranger kicked her door in
F#
with a gun held high
C#m
B
While rain kept pouring
F#
and drowned her cries
C#m
B
He raped her from midnight
D#m
till he saw the splittered sun
G#
B
light through the trees
C#m
And the day hit 99 degrees
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
There was no arrest,
C#m
B
not much investigation,
F#
no charges pressed
C#m
B
And no compensation
F#
for her shredded dress
C#m
B
Her spir it bruised and broken,
D#m
G#
B
her heart full of unspoken memories
F#
So the church bell chimes
C#m
B
For all the ragged sisters
F#
And the red sun shines
C#m
B
The house paint blisters
F#
And the mercury climbs
C#m
B
The temperature's so vicious
D#m
She wrings her hands
G#
B
And wishes it would freeze
Bsus2
But it's almost 99 degrees
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
She's too dug in to leave,
C#m
B
too free to have a plan,
F#
too tired to grieve
C#m
B
And too young to un derstand
F#
why she can't believe
C#m
B
In the never never land
D#m
G#
or ask the weatherman for guarantees
B
F#
At the alibi
C#m
B
She keeps her nightly vigil
F#
Fancy boys walk by
C#m
All vain and superficial
B
F#
But still they try
C#m
B
And wind up in frustration
D#m
G#
B
She gets her reputation as a tease
But her blood runs 99 degrees
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
One night he blows in,
C#m
B
he sits there and eyes her
Bsus2
F#
over ten slow gins
C#m
B
He don't recognize her
F#
but she knows him,
C#m
and waits for him outside
B
D#m
And she offers him a ride
G#m
B
and he agrees
F#
Now her high beams shine,
B
F#
high along the ridge above the timber line
C#m
F#
B
As they cross the one lane bridge
F#
he hears the engine whine
C#m
B
His fin gers clutch the vinyl,
D#m
G#
B
her smile is the fi nal thing he sees
Bsus2
B
C#m
As she turns the wheel 99 degrees
Interlude 1
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
D#m
G#
B
F#
B
Verse 2
F#
in the deep ravine
B
Just two more drunken drivers
F#
who passed unseen
B
How much would you bet
F#
Lady Justice would forget
G#
B
her prophecies
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
when the day hits 99 degrees?
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
F#
C#m
C#m
B
You
Outro 1
Bagaimana pendapat Anda tentang lagu ini?
PenyetemE A D G B E
AkorF# B Bsus2 D#m G#...
Lebih banyak lagu dari Jason White
Temukan akor untuk lebih banyak lagu yang bisa dimainkan
Lagu terkait
Temukan akor untuk lebih banyak lagu yang bisa dimainkan
4.8
Akor populer di seluruh dunia
Akor & tab yang paling sering dimainkan oleh pengguna