How Can I Protect You Alabama 3
Absolute class of a song from a class band.If you like "punk rock blues, country techno
acid house Marxist-Leninist electro funk" - these are top of the pile!
This sounds ok to the version on Hits and Exit wounds which samples the Aslan original
Capo 2nd Fret
Intro
[C] [C/D] [C] [Dm] [F] [F7] [F] [C]
[C/D] [C]
Improvise with C/D and F7 when palting these chords - C/D by taking the middle finger
off in the C chord and little finger off in the F chord, seems to sound ok. Use this
across the song
Verse 1
[C]She got a compact mirror
stole it off her mother
she [Dm]got her daddy's overnight traveling bag
H[F]usband told her if you wanna leave home honey
[C]you ain't eve[C/D]r ever ever, e[C]ver welcome back"
[C]and now she's down at the [C/D]station,
[C]baby in her belly
kickin' [Dm]gentle momma chilled to the max
she got a [F]one way ticket, goin'cross the border
for [C]her hopes and all her dreams
rollin down the train tracks, yeah
Chorus
[C]how can I protect you in this craz[Dm]y world
it's [F]alright yeah
it's a[C]lri[C/D]ght[C]
Verse 2
[C]from two to nine you work for five-a-dime
start the night with some thunderbird wine
p[Dm]raise the lord for those neon lights that'a
keep the city burnin' bright all night
[F]walkin' in the park in the midnight rain
swear to yourself that ya gonna change
ain't[C] gonna crash, ain't gonna burn, ain't gonna take no wrong turn
[C]feel so alone, [C/D]so you te[C]lephone, ya
call collect ain't n[C/D]obody hom[C]e
y[Dm]ou ain't suprised though you wonder why your letters come back unopened
so [F]you hit the strip with your [F7]fre[F]ak flag high an'
forget about the tears in your daddy's eyes
m[C]omma don't worry if the waters rise
- No chord
don't ever let my drink run dry till the sunshine
Chrous
[C]how can I p[C/D]rotec[C]t you in this [Dm]crazy world?
it's [F]alright yeah
it's [C]alright
(middle 8)
[Am]and when the talkin's over
[C]all the crowd have gone
[Dm]there's nothing left I can do
[F]how'm I ever gonna get through to you?
[C]Its alright
Chorus x 2
[C]how can I p[C/D]rotec[C]t you in this [Dm]crazy world?
it's [F]alright yeah
it's [C]alright (*REPEAT)
(Play Out)
[C]its alr[C/D]ight[C]
its[Dm] alright
its a[F]lriight[F7] ye[F]ah
Its[C] alr[C/D]ight[C]
Repeat to fade
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