Mansion On The Hill Chords

Alabama 3
Mansion on the Hill
Based on the track from The Last Train To Mashville, Vol.2
 
This is a pretty slow choon on the album and there is some finger picking, hammering and
sliding but it’s all based on these chords I think so it’s a great one to improv on and
muck about with.
 
Intro
 
A C D A C D
 
    A
I hit the dance floor around about midnight
    C                                D
Gin and juice and I was feelin’ fine
 A
Come the morning all the sounds went up
C                           D
Police man said the joint was shut
A
All the brothers gettin' busted outside
C                            D
Undercover officers readin' them their rights
A
It’s a one way ticket boys you’re prison bound
C                              D
The night the lights in Dallas went down
 
 
Chorus
 
So
A
How long we gotta wait until
F                                D                     A
We get the keys to the mansion on the hill
A
How long we gotta waste our time
F                                D                          A
Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line
 
A C D
 
A
She shakes the blues off then she tries her luck
C                                        D
Makes a little bet, hopes her horse comes up
A
She’s pickin' pockets for some easy money
C                                   D
Blew the damn lot on the lottery
A
She steals a paper, checks the front page
C                                  D
Headlines read the dancehall can't be saved
A
How can they open up an opera house
C                               D
The night the lights in Dallas went down
 
Chorus
 
So
A
How long we gotta wait until
F                                D                     A
We get the keys to the mansion on the hill
A
How long we gotta waste our time
F                             D                             A
Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line
 
A F D
 
D          A
Welfare line…
 
A C D
 
A
Tweek freak Tony on the four two eight
C                                    D
Special branch sting right time wrong place
A
Columbian connections in the corridors of power
C                                               D
Mean the man on the money ain't ever goin' down
A
Lord Lucky takes his lady to the Magic Flute
C                                  D
Little taste or two thinks he's bullet proof
A
Tony tunes the underground radio
C                                   D
On the night the lights in Dallas went down
 
Chorus
 
So
A
How long we gotta wait until
F                                D
We get the keys to the mansion on the hill
A
How long we gotta waste our time
F                             D                             A
Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line
 
 
 
Finish how you like! Do another chorus or two!!
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