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Levon
By Todd
Capo 3rd fret
[Intro]
D G x2
[Verse]
D G/D D
Levon wears his war wound like a crown
G/D D
He calls his child Jesus
A/C# Bm
` Cause he likes the name
F#m7 G/D Em7
And he sends him to the finest school in town
D G/D D
Levon, Levon likes his money
G/D D
He makes a lot they say
A/C# Bm
Spend his days counting (notes only)
F#m7 G Em7 E F
In a garage by the motor-way
F#m7 Bm G
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day
D/F# Em7 D
When the New York Times said God is dead and the war's begun
G D/F# Em7
Alvin Tostig has a son to-day
[Chorus]
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon and he shall be a good man
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon in tradition with the family plan
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon and he shall be a good man
G Asus4
He shall be Le-von
[Instrumental]
D G/D x2
[Verse]
D G/D D
Levon sells car-toon balloons in town
G/D D
His family business thrives
A/C# Bm
Jesus blows up balloons all day
F#m7 G Em7
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly
D G/D D
And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus
G D
Leaving Levon far be-hind
A/C# Bm
Take a balloon and go sailing (notes only)
F#m7 G Em7 E F
While Levon, Levon slowly dies
F#m7 Bm G
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day
D/F# Em7 D
When the New York Times said God is dead and the war's begun
G D/F# Em7
Alvin Tostig has a son to-day
[Chorus]
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon and he shall be a good man
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon in tradition with the family plan
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon and he shall be a good man
G Asus4
He shall be Lev-on
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon and he shall be a good man
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon in tradition with the family plan hoo!
G C/G G D/F#
And he shall be Levon and he shall be a good man
G Asus4
He shall be Le-von
[ Outro repeat to fade ]
D G/D