Watchmen - Desolation Row

[Intro]
E A E B
A E

[Verse 1]
                E
They're selling postcards of the hanging
             A                           E
Well they're painting the passports brown
        B
And the beauty parlor's filled with sailors
    A                E
The circus is in town
Oh now look,
here comes the blind commissioner
          A                  E
Well they got him in a trance
    B
One hand is tied to the tightrope walker
    A                   E
The other's in his pants

[Chorus]
        A
And the riot squad they're restless
     E                   A
They need somewhere to go
                   B
As Lady and I look out tonight
    A           E
From Desolation Row

[Verse 2]
         E
Oh Cinderella, she seems so easy
              A
"Well it takes one to know one,
      E
" she smiles
            B
And she puts her hands in her back pockets
   A                E
Oh Bette Davis style
And now here comes the Romeo, moaning
           A                E
"You Belong to Me I Believe"
       B
And if someone says, "You're in the wrong place,
my friend
A                 E
 You better leave"

[Chorus]
             A
And then the only sound that's left
          E            A
After the ambulances go
              B
Is Cinderella sweeping up
  A           E
On Desolation Row

[Solo]
E A E B A E
A E B A

[Interlude]
E       E
 Now at midnight all the agents
    A              E
And superhuman crew
   B
Go out and round up everyone
          A                 E
That knows more than they do
                 E
They're going to bring them to the factory
          A                  E
Where the heartattack machine
   B
Is strapped across their shoulders
    A                E
And then the kerosene

[Chorus]
   A
Is brought down from the castles
     E                 A
By insurance men who go
                           B
Check to see that no one is escaping
  A           E
To Desolation Row
        A
Because right now I can't read too good
      E                    A
Don't send me no letters no
                          B
Not unless you're going to mail them
    A           E
From Desolation Row