Feed Jake Cifras

Feed Jake by Pirates of the Mississippi
transcribed by Clint Celio
 
E                                 A                              E
I'm standing at the crossroads in life, and I don't know where to go.
                                  B
You know you've got my heart babe, but my musics got my soul.
A
Let me play it one more time, I'll tell the truth and make it rhyme
                   B     E
and hope they understand me.
 
[Chorus]
B
Now I lay me down to sleep
 
Pray the Lord my soul to keep
A                                 E
And if I die before I wake,  Feed Jake
            B         C#m            A
he's been a good dog, my best friend, right through it all
     E            B         E
if I die before I wake, feed jake
 
E                    A                             E
Now Broadways like a sewer, bums and hookers everywhere.
                                   B
Whinos passed out on the sidewalk, doesn't anybody care.
A
Some say he's worthless, just let him be I for one would have to disagree
                   B  E
and so would their mamas
 
[Chorus]
E                     A                           E
Now if you get an ear pierced, some will call you gay.
                                        B
But if you drive a pickup, they'll say "no, you must be straight"
A
What we are and what we ain't, what we can and what we can't.
               B  E
does it really matter
X