Viva Dead Ponies by the Fatima Mansions
From the Fatima Mansions’ 1990 Viva Dead Ponies album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
INTRO
[Em] [D] Retail [Em] [D] groceries
VERSE 1
[G6] Do you [D] know how [Am7] Jesus [D] feels [C/D] [D]
When be [D] hind his [Am7] sportscar [D] wheel [C/D] [D]
And the [A] windscreen glass is all [Em7] gummed up with [G7sus4] blood?
Said did you [D] know how [Am7] Jesus [D] feels? [C/D] [D]
VERSE 2
[G6] For he [D] walks the [Am7] earth a [D] gain [C/D] [D]
But not in [D] Mecca or in [G] Jerusa [A] lem
No, he sells [A] papers and beer in a [Em7] shop in Crouch [G7sus4] End
For he [D] walks the [Am7] earth a [D] gain
CHORUS
[C] So [D] viva dead [C#m7] po [Bm7] nies
[D] Come out and [C] fight [F6] me [Ebmaj7]
[D] Viva dead [C#m7] po [Bm7] nies
[E7] [C] Customers [Bm7] drop [Bbmaj7] dead
[Bm7] Drop [Bbmaj7] dea [C] d
VERSE 3
[G6] I have [D] switched the [Am7] fridges [D] off [C/D] [D]
And I will [D] burn down this [G] whole stinking [A] shop
I will get [D] drunk and I will break every little [Em7] Islamical [G7sus4] law
For I have [D] switched the [Am7] fridges [D] off [C/D] [D]
CHORUS
[C] So [D] viva dead [C#m7] po [Bm7] nies
[D] Come out and [C] fight [F6] me [Ebmaj7]
[D] Viva dead [C#m7] po [Bm7] nies
[D] Customers [Bm7] drop [Bbmaj7] dead
[Bm7] Drop [Bbmaj7] dea [C] d
INTERLUDE
“Haven’t made love for a while
It’s the best way to make a child”
Said Jesus to the disciples
And then he said
“If you can’t shift this crate of Brillo pads by Friday, vengeance will be mine”
CHORUS/OUTRO
[C] So [D] viva dead [C#m7] po [Bm7] nies
[D] You’re afraid to [C] fight [F6] me [Ebmaj7]
[D] Viva dead ponies
[D] Customers – [Bm7] pay what you [Bbmaj7] owe [Bm7] [Bbmaj7
[D] Viva dead [C#m7] po [Bm7] nies
[D] Back from the [C] cir [F6] cus [Ebmaj7]
[D] They lunched with [C#m7] Je [Bm7] sus
[D] Fire in their [Bm7] no [Bbmaj7] ses [Bm7] all [Bbmaj7] gone, [Bm7] all [Bbmaj7] gon [Cm7] e