Rodriguez - Cause Chords

[Opening]
[D] [G] [D] [G]
Cause I [D]lost my job [G]two weeks before [D]Christmas [G]
And I [D]talked to Jesus at the sewer [G]
And the Pope said it was none of his God-[D]damned business [G]

[verse 2]
While the [D]rain drank champagne [G]
My Estonian Archangel came and got [D]me wasted [G]
Cause the [D]sweetest kiss I ever got [G]is the one I’ve never [D]tasted [G]

[verse 3]
Oh but they’ll [D]take their bonus [G]pay to [F#m]Molly Mc[A]Donald,
[D]Neon ladies, [G]beauty is that which obeys, [F#m]is bought or [A]borrowed

[verse 4]
[D] [G]
Cause my [D]heart’s become a crooked hotel [G]full of [D]rumors [G]
But it’s [D]I who pays the rent [G]for these fingered-face out-of-[D]tuners [G]
And I make [D]16 solid half hour friendships [G]every [D]evening [G]
Cause your [D]queen of hearts who is half a stone
And likes to laugh a[G]lone is always threatening you with [D]leaving [G]

[verse 5]
Oh but they play [D]those token [G]games [F#m]on Willy Thomp[A]son
[D]And give a medal to replace the [G]son [F#m]of Mrs. Annie John[A]son

[verse 6]
[D] [G]
Cause they [D]told me everybody’s got to pay their dues [G]
And I explained that I had over-[D]paid them [G]
So over-[D]dued I went to the company store [G]
and the clerk there said that they had just [D]been invaded [G]
So I [D]set sail in a teardrop [G]and escaped beneath the door-[D]sill [G]
Cause the [D]smell of her perfume [G]echoes in my [D]head still [G]

[Closing]
[D] [G] [D] [G]
Cause I [D]see my people trying to drown the sun [G]
In weekends of whiskey [D]sours [G]
‘Cause how [D]many times can you wake up in this comic [G]book and plant [D]flowers? [G]
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [Bb] [D] [D]