The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger - Poor Paul Getty Chords

Standard Tuning EADGBe 

Verse 1:

B                   D              A             C               G           A         Bb A
Saint George was an English school but it was in Italy oh what a mischievous boy was he
B                        D                  A           C          G           A    Bb A
They kicked him out for breaking rules his father went overseas the summer of 1970


Chorus 1: 

C           F             C                  F
He was only seventeen but everybody knew his name 
C                               E                Am                     Ab   B
So they cut off his ear with a garden sheer and waited for his folks to pay-aay
C           F             C                   F
He was only seventeen his mother should have been dismayed
C                               E                 Am                    Ab   B        D
When they cut off his ear with a garden sheer Paul Getty never was the same-aay


Verse 2:

B                   D              A             C               G           A                  Bb A
One night he was rather stoned his friends wouldnt drive him home he stood by a fountain all alone
B                   D              A                 C              G           A              Bb A
a rotten gang wrestled him down and threw him in the back of a van covered his eyes n taped his hands

Chorus 2: 

C           F             C                  F
He was only seventeen but everybody knew his name 
C                               E                Am                     Ab   B
So they cut off his ear with a garden sheer and waited for his folks to pay-aay
C           F             C                   F
He was only seventeen his mother should have been dismayed
C                               E                 Am                    Ab   B        D
When they cut off his ear with a garden sheer Paul Getty never was the same-aay


(Interlude) 


Verse 3: 

B                   D              A             C               G           A                Bb A
It couldve been the opium but the old man couldn't be swayed he said not a penny shall be paid


Chorus 3: 

C           F             C                  F
He was only seventeen but everybody knew his name 
C                               E                Am                     Ab   B
So they cut off his ear with a garden sheer and waited for his folks to pay-aay
C           F             C                   F
He was only seventeen his mother should have been dismayed
C                               E                 Am                    Ab   B 
When they cut off his ear with a garden sheer Paul Getty never was the same-aay


(abrupt end)