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Chords2
Bass1
Chords in this song5
Intro
Verse 1
A tenement, a dirty street
Walked and worn by shoeless feet
In silence long and so complete
Watched by a shivering sun
Verse 2
Old eyes in a small child's face
Watching as the shadows race
Through walls and cracks that leave no trace
And daylight's brightness shun
Chorus
The days of Pearly Spencer
Aah, the race is almost run
Verse 3
Nose pressed hard on frosted glass
Gazing as the swollen mass
On concrete fields where grows no grass
Stumbles blindly on
Verse 4
Iron trees smother the air
But withering they stand and stare
Through eyes that neither know nor care
Where the grass has gone
Chorus
The days of Pearly Spencer
Aah, the race is almost run
Verse 5
Pearly, where's your milk white skin
What's that stubble on your chin
It's buried in the rotgut gin
You've played and lost, not won
Verse 6
You played a house that can't be beat
Now look, your head's bowed in defeat
You walked too far along the street
Where only rats can run
Chorus
The days of Pearly Spencer
Aah, the race is almost run
The days of Pearly Spencer
Aah, the race is almost run
(fade out)
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