Chords for Joe Jackson - The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy

_ It's a [Am] song [G] about mortality and [Dm] immortality
It tells the story of a guy who's [Am] trying to [F#] [Em] create something [G] immortal and immortal song
[Bm] He's very [Am] concerned about being able to [Bm] survive in some [Em] way after his death
[G] And he's tempted to make a deal [Bm] with the devil [Em] and exchange his soul in return [Am] for being able to write an immortal song
[G] There are a lot of aspects to the [D] song.
I mean, I think there are a lot of layers [Am] to it
I'm [G] you never really sure whether it's a dream or a hallucination or whether it really happened or whether he's just telling you a tall
[Am] Tale I [C] think a lot of my songs [Bm] really do have a lot of layers to them
there's a lot of different things [B] going through my mind [Cm] when I write them and I [F] think that people will [C] sometimes only get one layer [G] or
If they listen to it a few times, maybe [C] they get some more whatever that's you [Gm] know up to them, but
_ [G] _ It's there _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ It happens one night
[E] _ _ _ [B] Three in the [E] morning the [B] devil _ [E] appeared in my [G#m] _ studio room
_ _ And he [A] said I'm your pal
But I'll make [D] you a _ _ deal _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ On [C#m] your struggle [B] and take his soul _ _
_ _ _ After [A] _ _ _
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rubbing my [F#] eyes I [B]
looked all around [F#] _ me [B] at the half-finished [E] drivel
[G#m] I'd worked on for _ _ days
[A] And I told him [E] my dream [A] was to live for [D] all time _ _ _ _ _
In [F#m] some _ perfect [C#m] refrain like [B] the man who wrote _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] And _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] I said if [B] you're real [E] then I'll ask [D] you a question
[E] While most of [B] us turn [E] into ashes [B] or dust
[E] You and [B] that other [E] guy go [B] on forever
_ Who [B] writes the history?
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Do [B] I _ trust? _ _
_ _ [G] He _ _ [C#m] _ _
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_ _ _ _ gave me a wink [A] _ [B] and he said it was [A] funny
[B] How _ mortals would pour [G#m] all their blood sweat and tears
_ [A] Onto tape [E] onto paper _ [A] or into [D] the _ air
_ _ To be [F#m]
lost and [C#m] forgotten
_ _ [B] Outside of his kind _ _ _ _
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And [E] I thought I could hear a great sound [E] in the distance
Whiskey [B] soaked singing [E] and laughter and cheers
They're saying [B] that song could [E] bring tears to [B] a glass [E] eye
Pass [B] me the papers.
I'll sign them in blood
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_ _ [D] _ [E] And the smell [D] of the brimstone [E] turned [D] into grease paint [E]
roar of [D] the crowd like [E] the [D] furies of hell
[E] Hear the [D] applause [E] and I hear the bells ringing _ _ _
And [A] the sound [E] of a woman's voice [A] _ [D] from the next room _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Saying _ _ _
[G] _ _ Come to me now
_ Come lay down [C] beside me
_ _ _ [G] Whatever _ [C] you're doing
_ You're [Em] too gone to see _ _ _
[F] You can't hold on to [C]
shadows
_ _ [F] No more _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ So _ _
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_ _ maybe _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I'm [A] drunk
_ _ [B] Maybe a [F#] liar. _
[B] Oh, maybe you're [E] all living [G#m] _ inside a dream _
[A] You can say what you [E] like when [A] I'm gone and [D] you'll see _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'll be [F#m] down in the [C#m] dark
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down
[C#m] Underground _ [F#m] with Shakespeare and [C#m] Bach and the [B] man who wrote
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