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Scowling Crackhead Ian by Jeffrey Lewis
Scowling Crackhead Ian
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Am
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
F Am G D Dm Am
F Am G A G Dm Am
[Verse 1]
F
Scowling crackhead Ian
Am
I can't forget your face
Gm
You were a foul human being
Dm Am
Way back on St. Mark's Place
F
A white thug when we were both poor
Am
A life struggling for one quarter more
Gm
In sixth grade that's what you'd mug me for
Dm Am
A switch blade pressed up to my jugular
F
So I feared for my next, safe streets were few
Am
My nerves grew wrecked near the Second Avenue
Gm
I soon learned how to steer clear of a crook or a crew
Dm Am
And now I'm still here, and look, so are you
F
Forever you've been crackhead Ian
Am
It was your kid nickname if we spoke it
Gm
You were an insane human being
Dm Am
Whether you ever did or didn't really smoke it
F Am Gm Dm Am
[Verse 2]
F
I'd know that tall thin bent-over stroll
Am
All sun burned and grim since ten or twelve years old
Gm
I guess yesterday is gone faces still intend our souls
Dm Am
An I guess both our mom's places are still on rent control
F
I was that wick, small, sad, sag, punier guy
Am
You was as big, tall and bad back in junior high
Gm
No sight of someone's face has ever been scarier
Dm Am
You'd come chase me from Street Fighter One or Space Harrier
F
Hello again, crackhead Ian
Am
I still can't forget your foul face
Gm
My fellow human being
Dm Am
I know we're both still planted on St. Mark's Place
[Verse 3]
F
We've lived our poor lives in close parallel
Am
Within this four or five blocks we both know so well
Gm
You must have grew up near the former theater or old gross hotel
Dm Am
I'm sure you're aware of me here, but oh I can't tell
F
It seems you never outgrew your little preteen rage
Am
I still see you look so mean though now we are middle-aged
Gm
I was eavesdropping last year at you laughing to tell
Dm Am
About bashing some dude with a chair till he fell
F
I slipped fast by you talking fear and our eyes would touch
Am
Drifting past by new mornings that it all changed so much
Gm
I've never known your live story I'm sure it's rotten and tough
Dm Am
But how long before these roles for us have gotten old enough?
[Verse 4]
F
You must've had it so rough kid
Am
Well I wonder
Gm Dm Am
Forged by a tiny portion of love or fortune, goes lightning or goes thunder
F
You're a bad one crackhead Ian
Am
A sad son and sunburned pig
Gm
But of all the best kids seen downtown in our pre-teens
Dm Am
It's just you and me left I think
F Am
How long till you notice? How long until you shake my hand?
Gm
How long until we're old man neighbours?
Dm Am
Last tribesmen of the vanished plant
F Am
We never even did exchange names. You were an evil kid from Hades
Gm Dm Am
When we played these arcade games That made life great in the 80's
[Outro]
F
Me and Ian
Am
Me and Ian
Gm Dm
Ryding into the night of an east-village dream with these games in the street and
Am
the head and...
F Am Gm Dm Am x2
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