Rotten Peaches
Elton John Key
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Verse 1
A Bm
We've moved on six miles from where we were yesterday
A7 C# Dm Dm C#m Cm Bm
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And yesterday is but a long long ways away
Bm A7 C# D B
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So we'll camp out tonight beneath the bright starlight
A G D
And forget rotten peaches and the places we've stayed
Verse 2
A Bm
I left from the dockland two years ago now
Bm/C A7 C# Dm
\
Made my way over on the S.S. Marie
Bm A7 C# D B
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And I've always had trouble wherever I have settled
A G D
Rotten peaches are all that I see
Chorus
G A D D4 D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
G A D D4 D
Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun
A E/G# Dm Bm
Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the one
A G D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
G A D D4 D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
G A D D4 D
Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun
A E/G# Dm Bm
Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the one
A G D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
Verse 3
A Bm
There ain't no green grass in a U.S. state prison
Bm/C A7 C# Dm Dm C#m Cm Bm
\
There is no one to hold when you're sick for your wife
Bm A7 C# D B
\
And each day out you'll pick, you'll pick rotten peaches
A G D
You'll pick rotten peaches for the rest of your life
Verse 4
A Bm Bm/C
Oh I've had me my fill of cocaine and pills
A7/C# D Dm
For I lie in the light of the Lord
Bm A7 C# D B
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And my home is ten thousand, ten thousand miles away
A G D
And I guess I won't see it no more
Chorus
G A D D4 D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
G A D D4 D
Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun
A E/G# Dm Bm
Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the one
A G D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
G A D D4 D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
G A D D4 D
Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun
A E/G# Dm Bm
Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the one
A G D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
A G D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
A G D
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
Outro
A G D
La-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la
A G D
La-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la
A G D
La-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la
A G D
La-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la
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