Buckled Knees

	  		
Intro: F D F D E 

verse 1 

        Am         C     
With a venom in my veins 
        D          F 
And no money to my name 
          Am            C                D         E 
I'm on my way to join a circus that they call Hell-A 
        F                 C 
To be a star of stage and screen 
          D              Am 
I sold my soul for magic beans 
           F            C 
Now I'm as empty as the pockets 
      D          E 
Of my skin tight jeans. 

       F 
But my hunger makes me bend my back 
       D 
Like a licorice cane acrobat 
          F 
There's a constellation with my name 
       D 
In the Hollywood boulevard of fame 
       F 
In Los Angeles they understand 
        D                  E      Am 
I'm the Buckled Knees of a broken man. 

  

verse 2 


          Am        C 
So to the devil I adhered 
            D            F 
And with my soul he disappeared 
      Am            C 
But I never will forget the words 
   D               E 
He whispered in my ear 
         F                  C 
He said "Fame is a ball and chain 
            D             Am 
That you'll carry to your grave 
              F            C 
A soul shaped hole in your heart 
          D              E 
Is like a bullet to your brain". 


       F 
But my hunger makes me bend my back 
       D 
Like a licorice cane acrobat 
          F 
There's a constellation with my name 
       D 
In the Hollywood boulevard of fame 
       F 
In Los Angeles they understand 
        D                  E      Am 
I'm the Buckled Knees of a broken man. 



verse 3 

       Am                  C 
Well I thought my life was made 
            D         F 
A Hollywood superstar cliche 
        Am            C 
But I'm just a hollow trophy 
       D         E 
With a thin gold plate 
            F                C 
And all the starlight that I sought 
           D              Am 
Was just a spinning disco ball 
           F                C 
Now I'm as fractured as the light 
       D              E 
Of its mirrors on the wall. 


       F 
But my hunger makes me bend my back 
       D 
Like a licorice cane acrobat 
          F 
There's a constellation with my name 
       D 
In the Hollywood boulevard of fame 
       F 
In Los Angeles they understand 
        D                  E      Am 
I'm the Buckled Knees of a broken man.