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Cell Phones Ringing In The Pockets Of The Dead Chords

(ver. 1)
Willie Nile
INTRO: Am C G X8   

VERSE 1:
Am                      C               G
Blind man beggin' for a little crust of bread
Am                           C          G
Rich lady wonderin' what the undertaker said
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
       Am C G          Am C G
Hey hey,    hey hey hey

VERSE 2:
Am                              C               G
Mother nature's lookin' for the hands of father time
Am                            C              G
He's got 'em reachin' for the girl in number nine
Am                       C             G
She's readin' horoscopes lookin' for a sign
Am                            C                 G
Waitin' for the train that'll take her down the line
       Am C G          Am C G
Hey hey,    hey hey hey

VERSE 3:
Am                         C             G
Cell phones ringin' in the middle of the street
Am                               C            G
History's tellin' stories that a sailor won't repeat
Am                         C               G
Believers and infidels are fighting in the heat
Am                               C              G
While bodies of the innocent are covered with a sheet
       Am C G          Am C G      Am C         G  Am C G
Hey hey,    hey hey hey     I said hey, hey hey hey

BREAK:
F    C      F       C   F         C      G
Everybody's lookin' for what they cannot find
F        C       F       C      F         C         G   Em
I'm down here on Bleeker Street tryin' to read your mind
       Am C G          Am C G
Hey hey,    hey hey hey

VERSE 4:
Am                            C               G
Santa Claus and Robinhood are doin' what they can
Am                                     C                 G
To feed the poor and soak the rich and help their fellow man
Am                                 C            G
While senators and congressmen are workin' on a plan
Am                                C            G
To get some more vacation time to get a deeper tan
       Am C G          Am C G
Hey hey,    hey hey hey

VERSE 5:
Am                            C               G
Sheena's in the jungle tryin' hard to keep it real
Am                            C               G
The doctor's in the ale house tryin' to cop a feel
Am                                  C            G
The count of Monte Christo wants to make another deal
Am                                    C             G
And Dracula's in the kitchen and he's lookin' for a meal
       Am C G          Am C G      Am C         G  Am C G
Hey hey,    hey hey hey     I said hey, hey hey hey

BREAK:
F    C      F       C   F         C      G
Everybody's lookin' for what they cannot find
F        C       F       C      F         C         G   Em
I'm down here on Bleeker Street tryin' to read your mind
       Am C G
Hey hey

SOLO: Am C G X7

VERSE 6 (chords implied but not played):
Am                      C            G
Aristotle's ridin' on a ferryboat to Mars
Am                                   C              G
While Juliet is creepin' through the closets of the stars
Am                   C             G
Romeo is on the run, smoking' blue cigars
Am                         C            G
Puttin' cocoa butter on to cover up the scars

VERSE 7:
Am                              C                G
Maggie May and Captain Hook are walkin' down the aisle
Am                           C              G
As the president saunters in astride a crocodile
Am                        C         G
The Ayatolah swears he is not a pedophile
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And the Right of man don't mean a damn here in the age of style
       Am C G          Am C G      Am C         G  Am C G
Hey hey,    hey hey hey     I said hey, hey hey hey

CHORUS:
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G   Am (let ring)
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead

REPRISE:
       Am C G          Am C   G      Am C  G          Am C G 
I said hey, hey hey hey,      I said hey,  hey hey hey

OUTRO:
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead
Am                         C              G   Am
Cell phones ringin' in the pockets of the dead             
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