Blind Melon - Holyman
Chords used:
D: xx0232
Cadd9: 032030
D5: x577xx
C5: x355xx
G5: 355xxx
F5: 133xxx
C: x32010
D/F#: 2x0232
C/E: 032010
D7: xx0212
D7#5: xx0312
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[Intro]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
[Intro verse]
D Cadd9
I was born on the banks off a hot muddy river
D Cadd9
The child of one stupid steamy night
D Cadd9
Born to roam beneath the sun
D Cadd9 D
What do you think of me, I’m better left alone
[Interlude]
D
Sad child
[Guitar interlude]
D
D
D
D C
[Verse 1]
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Said I met a holy man who said that he knew the way
D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C5
And he’d like to show me so my life won't go astray
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Take my hand child now little boy don’t you be afraid
D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C
I’ll take your soul and walk on water
[Chorus]
D Cadd9
Holyman, you don’t understand
D Cadd9
The cuts on me they run much deeper
D Cadd9
Holyman, you righteous man
D Cadd9
I’ve been shown the way a thousand times
D
Not one a keeper
[Interlude]
D/F# C/E D
D/F# C/E D
[Verse 2]
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Older man he said I’ll tell you boy you’ve planted rotten seeds
D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C5
And in a land of happiness they’ll grow us evil trees
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Guided minds, and eyes that will never see
D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C5
Holyman I’ll tell you just what it is that I believe
[Chorus]
D Cadd9
Holyman, you don’t understand
D Cadd9
The cuts on me they run much deeper
D Cadd9
Holyman, you righteous man
D Cadd9
I’ve been shown the way
D7 D7#5
Not one a keeper
[Bridge]
D7 D7#5
oh no
D7 D7#5 D7 D7#5
I gotta look away
D7 D7#5 D7 D7#5
D7 D7#5 D7
yeah yeah yeah
[Guitar solo]
D Dsus4 D
Cadd9
D Dsus4 D
Cadd9
D Dsus4 D
Cadd9
D
[Riff]
D
C
D C
[Verse 3]
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Holyman I said I'll tell you boy you gotta believe in what you see
D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C5
‘Cause its you that corrupt us man and deep throat philosophy
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
I don’t need your spells or the little games you try to pull on me
D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C5
Come to think of it I don’t need your religion
[Interlude]
D Cadd9
Oooh, I said I'll get away
D Cadd9
Oooh, everybody prays
D Cadd9
Let me find my
D Cadd9
let me find my own way, yeah
[Chorus]
D Cadd9
Holyman, you don’t understand
D Cadd9
The cuts on me they run much deeper
D Cadd9
Holyman, you righteous man
D Cadd9
I’ve been shown the way
D Cadd9
Not one a keeper
[Outro]
D Cadd9
Not one a keeper
D Cadd9
Not one a keeper
D
Not one a keeper
Cadd9 D
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