Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Difficulty: Intermediate Intro: Am Verse: Am G Am I used to dream in color and I wished away the days Am G Waiting on the slightest chance that I would get to play Am G Am A gilded harp, a silver horn with a bonny tune to sing Am G Am A place inside a golden hall to prance around the king
Chorus: G Am When I was young I wished to be C F Up to my neck in a fantasy C Dm Am Why did I sign on that bloody dotted line? G Em Am Let the devils hold it over me Interlude: Am G Am Am G Em Am Verse: Am G Am Is it a crime to live when you cannot afford the means? Am G Is it a crime to walk the earth like ravenous machines? Am G Am Is there a way to bridge a gap across a great divide? Am G Am Is it a secret thrill to know the gods are on your side? Chorus: G Am When I was young I wished to be C F A landed man with a back forty C Dm Am Why did I sign on that bloody dotted line? G Em Am Let the devils hold it over me Interlude: Am G Am Am G Em Am Am C/B C Dm C G Am Am C/B C Dm C G Am Dm C G C F C G Dm C G C F C G Am Bridge: Em D G C Am Em D D Em D G C The smoke still clouds my wits. The stink still fills my pores Am Em D D From the night they kicked down the door, down the door, down the door Em D G C The blood still stains my lips. The grief still chafes my soul Am Em D D My pride was raked through the coals, through the coals, through the coals Em D G C Yonder prison walls, they own my flesh and bones Am Em D D But my thoughts are mine alone, mine alone, mine alone Outro: G G/F# Em G/F# G C Am Em G D Am Am B7 G G/F# Em G/F# G C Am Em G D Am Am Am Dm C G C F C G Dm C G C F C G Am Am G Am Am G Em Am
The Bloody Dotted Line by The Stanfields guitar chords playing instructions.