Marjorie Fair
Self Help Serenade
Halfway House
Transcription: Darrell Edwards
[Intro]
Amaj7 Gmaj7 D Amaj7 Gmaj7 D
[Verse]
Amaj7 Gmaj7
He lives in a halfway house
D
his mother doesn't tie his bootstraps down
Amaj7 Gmaj7
they found him by the highway side
D
with bloodstained boots and glass in his eye
[Chorus]
D C#m
they consoled me on the way
Em G Bm A
who would know that they were joking
D C#m
thats not funny cause she was
Em G Bm A Bb A
death and beauty at the same time
[Solo]
Amaj7 Gmaj7 D
[Verse]
Amaj7 Gmaj7
we gave her half a million shares
D
to sleep with her boss in a folding chair
Amaj7 Gmaj7
they found her in a plastic veil
D
with blood stained boots and glass in her hair
[Chorus]
D C#m
they consoled me on the way
Em G Bm A
who would know that they were joking
D C#m
thats not funny cause she was
Em G Bm A Bb A
death and beauty at the same time
[Solo]
Amaj7 Gmaj7 D Amaj7 Gmaj7 D
[Chorus]
D C#m
they consoled me on the way
Em G Bm A
who would know that they were joking
D C#m
thats not funny cause she was
Em G Bm A Bb A Bb A
death and beauty at the same time