LHO (The Shots Rang Out)
Key = C maj BPM = 120
Jeff Dodge - vocals / guitars / keys Steven Cebula - bass
Rich Reece - drums / spoken word Lint Chocolate - electric guitar
Brian Shaylor - violin Leedouglas - midi saxophone
C G C F
It was a warm - and sunny Dallas kind of day
C G C F
Streets were dry - Rain had stopped -and the clouds had given way -
Dmin G C
The motorcade traveled on it’s route
Dmin G C D7th
Secret Service Scanned the crowds for loons and for one split second
D7th D7th G7th
You could just feel it -- A nations’ innocence -- popped like a water balloon ---
Emin G
Shots rang out oh no--- Shots rang out -- from where?
Emin G
OLD MAN WITNESS
‘Twas confusing ‘Twas despair
GERMAN VOICE
We think we’ve got a story But we should’ve been clear
WOMAN VOICE
‘Twas a seventh story window - They heard the shots ring near
G F# Bmin
And Cam -e- lot was burning
G F# Bmin
You couldn’t hear a sound --- on the streets
G F# Bmin
Death - oh death you must be coming
A
And a family lost their father --
C Bb G
And the Nation lost it’s conscience -- And the world was just too hard to figure out now-- figure out now
Gminor F Eb D
Whoahh - and After the shots rang out What did they do in Dalles After the shots rang out
Gminor F Eb D
After the shots rang out
Hey - Why is Dulles calling me? And where’s LBJ? And Governor Connelly? And what the hell is Richard Nixon doing down here in Dallas at this time?
! Who was it? Wait---This just in from J. Edgar and the FBI -- we’re looking for a…
WHAT DOES J EDGAR HOOVER SAY? HEY JACK RUBY -- GOOD TO SEE YA AGAIN
DO WE HAVE A NAME YET?
WHO ARE THOSE HOBOS ANYWAYS?
White male goes by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald…
D G D
Lee-Harvey Os-wald -- when will we know
D G D
Lee Harvey Oswald -- When will we grow ---
Bmin G
Well We know that you did it - Hoover told us why
E G
Says your a You Commie Pinko - We knew that you’d sympathize
A
Ya did it - just say that you did it -
we’ll get you your lawyer -
Just acknowledge that you did
It…
Just admit that you acted Alone---
Just admit that you acted Alone---
G D
Just admit that you acted Alone---
LHO Acted ALone - DOn’t You Know -- LHO - He Acted -- Alone
E B7th
Hey-Hey Scooby -- DOntcha know it’s Jack Ruby
And he’s just out here defending the honor of Ms. Kennedy--Look Out -
GUN SHOT FX
E Ab
He’s cleaned up our mess - left by Allen DUlles
A F#
All those Cuban missions - David Ferry was Bitchin’ about
A Amin E
After I said after After the shots -- rang out---
