Dandy in the underworld    (video)

 

       C                        Am

1. Prince of players, pawn of none,

     F                                           G

    born with steel reins on the heart of the sun.

      C                               Am

    Gypsy explorer of the New Jersey Heights,

        F                              G

    exalted companion of cocaine nights. ‘Cause he’s a ….

 

  C                                     Am
Dandy in the Underworld, dandy in the Underworld,

C                                         G             F            G      C        - G

   when will he come up for air ? Will anybody ever care ?

 

              C                  Am

2. At an old eighteen exiled he was

                    F                                 G

    to the deserted kingdoms of a mythical Oz.

           C                                     Am

    Distraction he wanted, to destruction he fell,

                 F                                         G

    now he forever stalks the ancient mansions of hell.  ‘Cause he’s a …

 

+ CHORUS     + instrumental = verse 2   + CHORUS

                       C                                           Am

3. Now all his lovers have left him, and his youth's ill spent,

            F                                      G

    he cries in the dungeons and tries to repent.

              C                                    Am

    But change is a monster and changing is hard,

                    F                                              G

    so he'll freeze away his summers in his underground yard.

 

    ‘Cause he’s a …+ CHORUS   

 

    + ‘Cause he’s a …+ CHORUS (2x)   + C - G - C

 

    (T. Rex)