Fish - Man With A Stick (from 'A Parley With Angels' EP) Chords

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[G] _ [E] Old man checks his rearview mirror, misty hair, [B] familiar eyes.
[G] Journeys [E] the lonely shore of the exit,
clapping leans his [B] signals inward.
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Tread to the haunts, blind to the anger,
[A] stalled in the traffic of a fast-moving world.
[D#] [E] Man in the city, [Em] _ _ _ _ _
man in the city,
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[G] _ [B] long-routed and fishing in harrows,
_ sharp swords [Em] leave the ranks of the weak. _
[G] [Em] Battle thatched on the edge of a diamond,
the kiss of willow before tumbling gales.
[G] Rock and [Em] roll snares, cheerleader balances,
the pencil [E] scratches on an empty [C] page.
A pointer wraps on a cloudy blackboard,
[Am] a king taps title, but outstretched palm.
[C] Learning the lessons you cite in the lecture,
[Am] the steam in the roller, the spoil in [A] the child.
It's as if [E] man is _ [Em] _ _ watching _ man in the city, man in the city, man in the city, _ _ _ man in the city.
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[C] You force back the teeth, you stand in the corner, _
listen to the snickering of so [D]-called friends,
hold [Em] the pain in a fist, [E] stand back and [Em] defiance.
Bow to yourself, [G] the key won't hit you again.
[Am] Stifle your head, [D] channel the [Am] anger,
suck in the system, [D] and by time [Em] you tighten your lip.
[Bm] The centipede, [Em]
he measures you up for [Bm] a uniform, _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] he sees [C] it's a uniform.
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[G] He gave [Em] you a stick, _ _ _ _
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a knock [Em] carrying the bloody chilele, _
who carves hands to take the lions down.
He got hats with hickory truncheons,
cracking skulls on the picket lines.
_ Bamboo moustaches and shambock switches,
_ pudges bludgeoning the hearts and minds,
[C] clearing the streets of a burning township,
[A] scattering the crowds from the city square.
[C] _ Burning the cubes of the weak and the hungry,
[A] the desperate [A] will of the few who care,
face a [E] man with a [Em] stick. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] You [Am] dare found the blows, [A] following orders,
[Am] the questions were left for another time.
_ [C] You held it inside, observing your conscience,
[G] laid all the blame on [C] the powers that be.
[Em] You gave them your all, but a watch and a [Em] bundle of loathe,
marked by the uniform,
feeding away, _ [C] lost all you loved,
withered and vulnerable,
abandoned your [G] car at the side of the road,
at the [A] end of the road.
[B] _ You faded [G] the void of [C] hope,
[B] the sun becomes [Em] the man. _ _
[G] [Em] Man with a stick, _ _ _ _ man with a stick,
_ _ watch [E] the man with a stick,
[Em] _ _ watch the man with a stick. _ _ _ _
_ Old man follows cracks and pavements,
_ leans weary in the end of days,
_ _ _ unsteady, checking his balance,
shuffles along the slow trail.
A man with a stick, _ _ _ a man with a stick, _ _
man with a stick, _ _ watch the man with a stick. _ _ _ _ _