Kenesaw Mountain Landis/Tabs

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

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Transcribed by: Alden Chew

Chords:

		No Capo	Capo5
A	(E)	x02220	022100
A7	(E7)	x02223	022130
A7type2	(E7type2)	x02020	020100
Bm	(F#m)	x24432	244222
D	(A)	xx0232	x02220
Dsus4	(Asus4)	xx0233	x02230
Em	(Bm)	022000	x24432
F#	(C#)	244322	x46664
G	(D)	320003	xx0232

Verse:
D (A)                         G (D)
Kenesaw Mountain Landis was a bad mother fucker
       D (A)                         Em (Bm)           A7 (E7)
He was seventeen feet tall, he had a hundred and fifty wives
   D (A)                         G (D)
He didn't do that much except he saved the game of baseball
       D (A)         G (D)         D (A)          A7 (E7)
He put two and two together and he noticed it was four
        D (A)        G (D)              D (A)      A7 (E7)
Now the treachery of Shoeless Joe can't hurt us anymore
          D (A)                   G (D)   A (E)    D (A)  A (E)
And he'll always be remembered as Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Verse:

Fellow named Joe Jackson was a fielder for the Black Sox
And he always wore his black socks, but he never wore no shoes
He weren't the nicest fellow and he had a couple problems
Cause he drank a lot and he beat his wife and he always acted rude
He killed and ate some babies and he copped an attitude
And the one man that he hated most was Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Break:
Bm (F#m)
The mafia said Shoeless Joe
F# (C#)
You should really run this show
D (A)             Dsus4 (Asus4) D (A)
You should be the guy who owns  baseball
Bm (F#m)
And all you really gotta do
   F# (C#)
Is help us make a buck or two
D (A)            G (D) A (E)
We'll bet on the other team
       D (A)             G (D)   A (E)
You'll lose the game but make it seem
     D (A)            G (D)            A (E) A7type2 (E7type2)
Like nothing could be further from the truth

Verse:
Shoeless Joe did what they said he dropped a couple fly balls
And he walked up to the pitcher and he poked him in the eye
And in the seventh inning with the Black Sox nearly beaten
There was someone who was watching from his blimp above the stands
Cradling a rifle in his thick and meaty hands
And as if you hadn't guessed yet it was Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Break:
Kenesaw said drop that glove
Or I swear by God above
I'll make you regret playing baseball
Shoeless Joe looked up and saw
The silver rifle's gaping maw
Though no one had noticed yet
His underwear was getting wet
He peed himself in front of everyone

Verse:
Shoeless Joe was finished but he couldn't quite admit it
So he raised his middle finger up above the other four
Kenesaw took careful aim and fired a single bullet
And he shot that dirty finger off and he dropped his trusty gun
And everybody in the stands knew that he had won
And today they still refer to him as Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Verse:
Shoeless Joe left baseball and became a famous pop star
And he asked the musical question is she really going out with him
He had a couple albums and a comeback in the 80's
But he never won a Grammy and he never was the same
And he never could be satisfied with critical acclaim
                                                                 A7 (E7)
Cause the critics all confused him with the great Elvis Costello
        D (A)                             G (D) A (E) D (A)
Yes the critics all confused him with the great Elvis Costello