Chord Kenesaw Mountain Landis by Jonathan Coulton

chords D xx0232 G 3x0003 Em 022000 A7 x02020 A x02220 Bm x24432 F# 244322 verse 1 D G kenesaw mountain landis was a bad mother fxxker D Em A7 he was seventeen feet tall , he had a hundred and fifty wives D G he didn’t do that much except he saved the game of baseball D G D A7 he put two and two together and he noticed it was four D G D A7 now the treachery of shoeless joe can’t hurt us anymore D G A7 D A break and he’ll always be remembered as kenesaw mountain landis verse 2 D G fellow named joe jackson was a fielder for the black so x D Em A7 and he always wore his black socks , but he never wore no shoes D G he weren’t the nicest fellow and he had a couple problems D G D A7 cause he drank a lot and he beat his wife and he always acted rude D G D A7 he killed and ate some babies and he copped an attitude D G A7 D A break and the one man that he hated most was kenesaw mountain landis bridge 1 Bm mafia said shoeless joe F# you should really run this show D you should be the guy who owns baseball Bm and all you really gotta do F# is help us make a buck or two D G A7 we’ll bet on the other team D G A7 you’ll lose the game but make it seem D G A7 like nothing could be further from the truth verse 3 D G shoeless joe did what they said he dropped a couple fly balls D Em A7 and he walked up to the pitcher and he poked him in the eye D G and in the seventh inning with the black sox nearly beaten D G D A7 there was someone who was watching from his blimp above the stands D G D A7 cradling a rifle in his thick and meaty hands D G A D A break and as if you hadn’t guessed yet it was kenesaw mountain landis bridge 2 Bm kenesaw said drop that glove F# or i swear by god above D i’ll make you regret playing baseball Bm shoeless joe looked up and saw F# the silver rifle’s gaping maw D G A7 though no one had noticed yet D G A7 his underwear was getting wet D G A7 he peed himself in front of everyone slow verse D G shoeless joe was finished but he couldn’t quite admit it D Em A7 so he raised his middle finger up above the other four D G kenesaw took careful aim and fired a single bullet D G D A7 and he shot that dirty finger off and he dropped his trusty gun D G D A7 and everybody in the stands knew that he had won D G A7 D and today they still refer to him as kenesaw mountain landis final verse D G shoeless joe left baseball and became a famous pop star D Em A7 D and he asked the musical question is she really going out with him G he had a couple albums and a comeback in the 80’s D G D A7 but he never won a grammy and he never was the same D G D A7 and he never could be satisfied with critical acclaim D G A7 D A7 cause the critics all confused him with the great elvis costello D G A7 D yes the critics all confused him with the great elvis costello