Chords for “Rockefeller Drug Law Blues”, The Felice Brothers, The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA, 5/18/2019

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Sure, man.
[B] This is a [C]
Rockafeller booth.
Getting a Rockafeller vibe in here, [G] man.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Let's see.
[C] _ _ _ _ Tossed [D] from [G] the prison van
Going [D] to heaven
[F] _ _ I'm [Am] going [C] to _ [Em] Attica
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Gone a [B] foot
[G] A hundred _ miles
[B] Between [F] me and my Fatal [C] heaven
[Em] Oh, _ [C] I'm going to _
_ I'm watching [G] _ _
Poughkeepsie [D] move [F] by _ in the [Dm] afternoon [C] _ rain.
_ [G] _ [D] _
[C] _ _ My _ [G] hands are turning blue from [F] these cuffs they got me [C] in. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] I _ _ tried _ [G] to keep my job _ [F] _ _
at the dollar [C] _ store.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
I found out my [G] mom was sick and [F] a dollar wasn't enough [C] no more.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
I promise [Am] you [G]
mama _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ I'm gonna get you [Am] them [C]
pills.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
I got [G] me a box of pills _ _ [F] _
and a _ [C] baker's scale.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
Sixteen _ grams [F] of heroin _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ and I'll [C] _
succeed no _ [F] more.
_ _ _ [G] Fifteen _ _ _ years.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh, _ [C] Rockefeller.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ Rockefeller.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
That's a long, [D] long [Am] time.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
My brother [Am] was [G] shot down on [D] Cemetery [F] Road a year [Am] ago tonight.
[Em] I _ _ _ [C] _ _
can still see [G] the medics moving.
_ _ [F] _ _
It was tiring.
[Am] _ _
[Em] I _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ promise [G] you brother _ _ _ [F] _ _
I'm a be a [C] good dad. _ _ _ _ _
I'm a give our [G] _
children something _ [F] _
like [Am] we never had.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Sixteen grams [F] of heroin _ [Am] and _ _ _ _ [C] I'll succeed.
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Fifteen [G] _ _
years.
_ Oh, _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] Rockefeller. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Rockefeller. _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ That's a [C] long, long time. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ Twenty boys in orange _ clothes [F] _ in the [D] jailhouse [C] yard. _ _
_ _ _ _ Twenty [G] _ pigeons _ _ on the [F] roof of the house [C] of God.
_ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ Five [G] hundred _ picketers this morning [F] _ on the [C] governor's lawn.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ Fifty [G] white _ stars my darling [F] _
in the [Am] Milky _ _
[Em] Dome.
_ _ [Am] _ _
Fifteen grams [F] of heroin _ _ _ [Am] _ _
and I'll [C] succeed.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Fifteen [G] _ _
years.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Oh, [C] Rockefeller. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] That's a long, long [C] time. _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _