Tuning varies from:
3/4 step down (album version) to
1 step up ("Doe Bay" session)-- relative to standard
All chords except C, E and Em are barred on the E string
7/4 Time
Bm A Bm (x2)
(Verse)
Bm A Bm
Mother, you taught me good,
Bm A Bm
you made me want to do the things that I should,
Bm A Bm
you told me Jesus's gonna make me a saint,
Bm A Bm
gonna take my hand and make my life complete
(Chorus)
G A Bm
but the narrow path is closing in
G A Bm
sometimes I think I'm too fat to fit on it
G A Bm
when the curtains close because the clouds roll in
E
its taking me right back down
C G
right back down
G A Em A Em
right back down to the same dungeon
Bm A Bm (x2)
(Verse)
Bm A Bm
When the cold heartedness of the ghost of the beast
Bm A Bm
is beating on you like a state police
Bm A Bm
and the only friends that you make are the ones
Bm A G
that take take take and they take take take and they
A Bm A Bm
got big guns
Bm A Bm
If I had a mind
Bm A Bm
sharper than a needle
Bm A Bm
I'd reinvent the wheel
(Bridge)
and take us all
G A
home, where we would know that we've got
E G A
windows to close when it gets cold
Bm A Bm
but I ain't got no (x4)
(Chorus)
G A Bm
but the narrow path is closing in
G A Bm
sometimes I think I'm too fat to fit on it
G A Bm
when the curtains close because the clouds roll in
E
its taking me right back down
C G
right back down
G A Em A Em
right back down to the same dungeon
A Em
to the same dungeon (x2)
A Bm A Bm
to the same dungeon
Bm A5 Bm (x3)
Em