Going Out in Style

Going Out in Style: Chords

Intro:
FA

     SIb
I've seen a lot of sights 
    MIb           FA
and traveled many miles
SIb
Shook a thousand hands 
    SOLm             MIb
and seen my share of smiles
     SIb
I've caused some great concern 
         MIb          FA
and told one too many lies
    SIb                               FA
And now I see the world through these sad, 

old, jaded eyes

   SIb
So what if I threw a party 
    MIb  
and all my friends were there?
 SIb
Acquaintances, relatives, 
    FA
the girls who never cared
              SIb
You'll have a host of rowdy hooligans 
     MIb
in a big line out the door
        FA
Side by side with sister barbara, 

chief wells and bobby orr
      SIb
I'd invite the flannigans
            MIb 
Replace the window you smashed out
     SIb                    FA
I'd apologize to sluggo for pissing on his couch
         SIb                   MIb
I'll see mrs. mcauliffe and so many others soon
         FA
Then I'll say I'm sorry 

for what I did sleepwalking in her room

SIb   MIb SIb MIb SIb   FA

   SIb
So what if I threw a party 
      MIb
and invited Mayor Menino?
     SIb
He'd tell you to get a permit
          FA
Well this time tom I don't think so
         SIb
It's a neighborhood reunion
    MIb
But now we'd get along
    FA
Van Morrison would be there 
 
and he'd sang me one last song
       SIb
With a backup band of bass players 
   MIb
to keep us up all night
      SIb          
Three handsome four string troubadours 
    FA
and Newton's old Fat Mike
        SIb
I'll be in the can having a smoke 
     MIb
with Garv and Johnny Fitz
              FA
But there's a backup in the bathroom 

'cause the badger's got the shits
  
        SIb                      MIb          FA
You may bury me with an enemy in mount calvary
        SIb
You can stack me on a pyre 
    FA                      MIb
and soak me down with whiskey
SIb
Roast me to a blackened crisp 
    MIb
and throw me in a pile
FA
I could really give a shit  
                      
I'm going out in style
        SIb                 
You can take my urn to fenway 
          MIb            
spread my ashes all about
FA         SIb 
Or you can bring me down to wolly beach 
    SOLm               MIb
and dump the sucker out
SIb
Burn me to a rotten crisp 
    MIb
and toast me for a while
FA  
I could really give a shit  

I'm going out in style

SIb
Make me up dress me up, 
     MIb
feed me a big old shot
     SIb
Of embalming fluid highballs 
   FA
so i don't start to rot
    SIb
Now take me to Mcgreevy's, 
        MIb
I wanna buy one final round
           FA
What cheap prick would peel 

an orange in his pocket
                           SIb   MIb   SIb   FA
Then hurry up and suck 'em down

SIb   MIb   FA

             SIb                    
If there's a god the girls you loved will all 
     MIb
come walking through the door
SIb
Maybe they'll feel bad for me 
         FA
and this stiff will finally score
       SIb
You've got the bed already
    MIb
And nerve and courage too
                FA
Cause i've been slugging from a stash 

of desi queally's 1980s bathtub brew

        SIb                      MIb          FA
You may bury me with an enemy in mount calvary
        SIb
You can stack me on a pyre 
    FA                      MIb
and soak me down with whiskey
SIb
Roast me to a blackened crisp 
    MIb
and throw me in a pile
FA
I could really give a shit  
                      
I'm going out in style
        SIb                 
You can take my urn to fenway 
          MIb            
spread my ashes all about
FA         SIb 
Or you can bring me down to wolly beach 
    SOLm               MIb
and dump the sucker out
SIb
Burn me to a rotten crisp 
    MIb
and toast me for a while
FA  
I could really give a shit  
                   
I'm going out in style   

        SIb                      MIb        
You may bury me with an enemy in mount calvary
        SIb
You can stack me on a pyre 
    FA                      
and soak me down with whiskey
SIb
Roast me to a blackened crisp 
    MIb
and throw me in a pile
FA
I could really give a shit  
                      
I'm going out in style
        SIb                 
You can take my urn to fenway 
          MIb            
spread my ashes all about
           SIb 
Or you can bring me down to wolly beach 
    FA
and dump the sucker out
SIb
Burn me to a rotten crisp 
    MIb
and toast me for a while
FA  
I could really give a shit  

I'm going out in style        

        SIb                      MIb        
You may bury me with an enemy in mount calvary
        SIb
You can stack me on a pyre 
    FA                      
and soak me down with whiskey
SIb
Roast me to a blackened crisp 
    MIb
and throw me in a pile
FA
I could really give a shit  
                      
I'm going out in style
        SIb                 
You can take my urn to fenway 
          MIb            
spread my ashes all about
           SIb 
Or you can bring me down to wolly beach 
    FA
and dump the sucker out
SIb
Burn me to a rotten crisp 
    MIb
and toast me for a while
FA  
I could really give a shit  

I'm going out in style 
SIb                      MIb        
bury me with an enemy in mount calvary
        SIb
You can stack me on a pyre 
    FA                      
and soak me down with whiskey
SIb
Roast me to a blackened crisp 
    MIb
and throw me in a pile
FA
I could really give a shit  
                      SIb          
I'm going out in style
       MIb                SIb
Spread all my ashes about
FA                 SIb
Dump the sucker out
MIb                 FA
Toast me for a while
                       SIb
I'm going out in style 

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Going Out in Style è un brano scritto e inciso dai Dropkick Murphys, contenuto nell'album omonimo pubblicato nel 2011. Settimo lavoro in studio per la band di Boston, è un concept album il cui protagonista è un immigrato irlandese alle prese con il "Viaggio della vita", portando con sé il tipico folklore della sua terra. La canzone è la seconda traccia del disco e vede come ospiti Fat Mike, Chris Cheney e l'attore Lenny Clarke; una vivace ballata folk piena di ritmo ed energia.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).