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St Jimmy

Bowling For Soup

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
D××
E
C×
D#Diagram coming soon
G

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro:  A    D A 
 
A                                          D A 
St. Jimmy's comin' down across the alleyway 
A                                         D A 
Upon the boulevard like a zipgun on parade 
A                      D A 
Lights of a silhouette 
A                  D A 
He's insubordinate 
              E               D    A 
Coming at you on the count of one, two, three, four! 
 
 
Intro:  A D E A 
 
 
Verse: 
A          D             E          A 
My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out 
A          D                 E            A 
Just like a murder that your mother talked about 
A           D               E            A 
King of the 40 thieves and I'm here to represent 
A          D             E          A 
The needle in the vein of the establishment 
 
 
 
D                           A 
I'm the patron saint of the denial 
D                          E 
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal 
 
 
Intro: A D E A  (2x)
 
 
verse 2: 
 
A          D               E             A 
Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag of dope 
A          D                E          A 
I am the son of a bitch of Edgar Allen Poe 
A              D          E        A 
Raised in the city in the halo of lights 
A          D                 E          A 
product of war and fear that we've been victimized 
 
 
 
D                           A 
I'm the patron saint of the denial 
D                         E 
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal 
 
 
Bridge: 
A   D A D E  
 
A   D A D E  
            Are you talkin to me? 
A   D A D E 
 
A   D A D E  
            I'll give you somethin to cry about 
 
A E C D#  (4x)
 
A D E A 
A D E 
 
A D G D A 
 
verse 3: 
 
A                          D 
My name is St. Jimmy I'm a son of a gun 
        G            D           A 
I'm the one that's from the way outside, now 
A                  D 
A teenage assassin executing some fun 
       G            D         A 
in the cult of the life of crime, now 
 
A                               D 
I'd really hate to say it but I told you so 
        G                   D          A 
So shut your mouth before I shoot you down old boy 
A                       D 
Welcome to the club and give me some blood 
        G          D            A 
I'm the resident leader of the lost and found 
 
     A   D 
It's comedy 
    E    A 
And tragedy 
     A   D 
It's St. Jimmy 
    E     A 
And that's my name 
                        A  
And don't wear it out 
          
 

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Chord set

A · D · E · C · D# · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.