By Dan Bern
Transcribed by Justin

(capo 3)

Intro: G  G/F#  Em  G  G/F#  Em

          G     Em                C   D  G
When Kurt Cobain blew out his brain
C               Em         G      G/F# Em
All the little girls they cried like    rain
       G       Em   C   D  G
And as for me I felt the pain
        C        Em        G   G/F# Em
But I got no T-shirts left to      stain
      G       Em       C   D G
For Kennedy and Jesse James
        C         Em        G     G/F#  G
And Joan of Arc and Kurt Cobain

             G              Em     C      D  G
You can hear them crying down the lane
         C               Em                   G        G/F# Em
From Portland to Maryland from Greece to     Spain
     G         Em         C        D            G
As my life drips like coffee down the drain
      C           Em         G G/F# Em
My eyes dry up like a rusty      chain
      G     Em        C  D G
So Kennedy and Jesse James
       C         Em      G     G/F# G
Will have to cry for Kurt Cobain

        G           Em      C     D G
It's a hard life and no one's to blame
          C             Em     G   G/F# Em
When God's not on the morning   train
   G              Em         C      D    G
If Cain don't kill Abel, Abel kills Cain
       C              Em         G    G/F# Em
And tears now shed are shed in      vain
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For Kennedy and Jesse James
        C         Em        G     G/F# G
And Joan of Arc and Kurt Cobain

            G             Em    C         D      G
There's three new roses growin' in the lane
             C            Em            G     G/F#   Em
It was a long hard winter, but now there's rain
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If you want my tears tell me your name
        C          Em             G    G/F# Em
Give me your hand let me feel your  pain
           G     Em         C  D G
But for Kennedy and Jesse James
            C          Em       G      G/F# G
There's Joan of Arc and Kurt Cobain