Take a Long Line

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:57:26 +1100 From: Russell & Charlie Subject: PRO: a/angels/take_a_long_line Song: Take A Long Line By: Angels Album: Their Finest Hour...and then some Transcribed by: Russell Edwards roemcs@melb.alexia.net.au A This is it folks, over the top He was selling post cards from a paper stand A whiskey bottle in his withered hand He put his finger on a photo from an old magazine Saw himself in the shadow of a dream Running with his head inside a juke-box crown Told him his feet stank and took him downtown Called him agitator, spy and thief Shut him up solitary third degree Chorus: A D E Take a long line E D E Take a long line x 2 EE/C# A With him He tried to appeal to the king of might He said I'm just exercisin' my sacred right The king he said you ain't got no rights You're a mad, bad traitor get outta my sight Chorus Bass rises rather than decending at end: EE/Ab A With him Break: C GFAb x2 C DCAb x2 Running with his head inside a juke-box crown Told him his feet stank and took him downtown Called him agitator, spy and thief Shut him up solitary third degree Well they put him up boy, a world-wide whirlwind Pulled out his teeth and they told him to grin He gave them a smile, pulled out a bottle of wine He said I never existed you been wasting your time Chorus x 2 A D E Take a long line E D E Take a long line E D E Take a long, long, long line A With him