Biography:
Sun City Girls were an American experimental rock band, formed in 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona. From 1981, the group consisted of Alan Bishop (bass guitar, vocals), his brother Richard Bishop (guitar, piano, vocals), and Charles Gocher (drums, vocals). Considered a neo-mystic melting pot of free rock, demented surf, ragas, Arabic folk songs, free-form freakouts, gamelan percussion and Dadaist poetry, their name was inspired by Sun City, an Arizona retirement community.
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This is a song about murdering a preacher
-Richard Bishop
[Verse]
G C G
We soak the mush from bleeding chests
G C G
Our wings they need a-fixin
Em Bm
We swarm the oven's open jaw
C D7
Our talons spread wide, glisten
G C G
We coax the Father's tenderness
C G
From neath his chin unshaved
Em Bm
And smash him way upside the head
C D G
For all the souls he's saved
[Chorus]
G C G
And we buried him in the shallows
G C G
And we buried him far and wide
Em Bm
And he swayed some more from the gallows
C D G
Of the bitter cold countryside
[Verse]
G C G
Well he came from the great big city
G C G
To instill in us shrunken brows
Em Bm
And he came without any rifles
C D7
Any chickens, pigs, or cows
G C G
And he came on Sunday morning
G C G
On the coldest day of the year
Em Bm
But we don't want no uninvited
C D G
City slickers to come 'round here
[Chorus]
G C G
And we buried him in the shallows
G C G
And we buried him far and wide
Em Bm
And he swayed some more from the gallows
C D G
Of the bitter cold countryside
[Verse]
G C G
And he came with a badge of courage
G C G
And a book and a bag of gold
Em Bm
And he rode in on a white pony
C D
That Ol' Bobby Wiley eventually sold
G C G
And he came a-preachin' Jesus
G C G
Fearing God, goodwill and hope
Em Bm
Then he loosened up his collar
C D G
And I said "Floyd....get a rope"
[Chorus]
G C G
Then we hung him from the rafters
G C G
And we lynched him in the barn
Em Bm
Then we wrapped him from head to toe
C D7
With some of Aunt Opal's finest yarn
G C G
Then we chopped him into six pieces
G C G
Two arms, two legs and a head
Em Bm
And his mid-section made a fine table
C D G
Next to Jimmy-O-Wilkinson's bed
[Verse]
G C G
And his toes now creep in the river
G C G
And his fingers they tickle the corn
Em Bm
And his skull flies high in the hemlock....
C D G
From dusk till the early morn
[Chorus]
G C G
And we buried him in the shallows
G C G
And we buried him far and wide
Em Bm
And he swayed some more from the gallows
C D G
Of the bitter cold countryside
[Verse]
G C G
So let this be a warnin'
G C G
To you God fearin' urban scum
Em Bm
If you wanna live in the country
C D C G
We're gonna show you how it's done
-Richard Bishop
[Verse]
G C G
We soak the mush from bleeding chests
G C G
Our wings they need a-fixin
Em Bm
We swarm the oven's open jaw
C D7
Our talons spread wide, glisten
G C G
We coax the Father's tenderness
C G
From neath his chin unshaved
Em Bm
And smash him way upside the head
C D G
For all the souls he's saved
[Chorus]
G C G
And we buried him in the shallows
G C G
And we buried him far and wide
Em Bm
And he swayed some more from the gallows
C D G
Of the bitter cold countryside
[Verse]
G C G
Well he came from the great big city
G C G
To instill in us shrunken brows
Em Bm
And he came without any rifles
C D7
Any chickens, pigs, or cows
G C G
And he came on Sunday morning
G C G
On the coldest day of the year
Em Bm
But we don't want no uninvited
C D G
City slickers to come 'round here
[Chorus]
G C G
And we buried him in the shallows
G C G
And we buried him far and wide
Em Bm
And he swayed some more from the gallows
C D G
Of the bitter cold countryside
[Verse]
G C G
And he came with a badge of courage
G C G
And a book and a bag of gold
Em Bm
And he rode in on a white pony
C D
That Ol' Bobby Wiley eventually sold
G C G
And he came a-preachin' Jesus
G C G
Fearing God, goodwill and hope
Em Bm
Then he loosened up his collar
C D G
And I said "Floyd....get a rope"
[Chorus]
G C G
Then we hung him from the rafters
G C G
And we lynched him in the barn
Em Bm
Then we wrapped him from head to toe
C D7
With some of Aunt Opal's finest yarn
G C G
Then we chopped him into six pieces
G C G
Two arms, two legs and a head
Em Bm
And his mid-section made a fine table
C D G
Next to Jimmy-O-Wilkinson's bed
[Verse]
G C G
And his toes now creep in the river
G C G
And his fingers they tickle the corn
Em Bm
And his skull flies high in the hemlock....
C D G
From dusk till the early morn
[Chorus]
G C G
And we buried him in the shallows
G C G
And we buried him far and wide
Em Bm
And he swayed some more from the gallows
C D G
Of the bitter cold countryside
[Verse]
G C G
So let this be a warnin'
G C G
To you God fearin' urban scum
Em Bm
If you wanna live in the country
C D C G
We're gonna show you how it's done
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