Kenesaw Mountain Landis by Jonathan Coulton, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Biography:

Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.

Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast

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Chords

D xx0232
G 3x0003
Em 022000
A7 x02020
A x02220
Bm x24432
F# 244322

Verse 1
D G
Kenesaw Mountain Landis was a bad mother fucker
D Em A7
He was seventeen feet tall, he had a hundred and fifty wives
D G
He didn't do that much except he saved the game of baseball
D G D A7
He put two and two together and he noticed it was four
D G D A7
Now the treachery of Shoeless Joe can't hurt us anymore
D G A7 D A(break)
And he'll always be remembered as Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Verse 2
D G
Fellow named Joe Jackson was a fielder for the Black Sox
D Em A7
And he always wore his black socks, but he never wore no shoes
D G
He weren't the nicest fellow and he had a couple problems
D G D A7
Cause he drank a lot and he beat his wife and he always acted rude
D G D A7
He killed and ate some babies and he copped an attitude
D G A7 D A(break)
And the one man that he hated most was Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Bridge 1
Bm
Mafia said Shoeless Joe
F#
You should really run this show
D
You should be the guy who owns baseball
Bm
And all you really gotta do
F#
Is help us make a buck or two
D G A7
We'll bet on the other team
D G A7
You'll lose the game but make it seem
D G A7
Like nothing could be further from the truth

Verse 3
D G
Shoeless Joe did what they said he dropped a couple fly balls
D Em A7
And he walked up to the pitcher and he poked him in the eye
D G
And in the seventh inning with the Black Sox nearly beaten
D G D A7
There was someone who was watching from his blimp above the stands
D G D A7
Cradling a rifle in his thick and meaty hands
D G A D A(break)
And as if you hadn't guessed yet it was Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Bridge 2
Bm
Kenesaw said drop that glove
F#
Or I swear by God above
D
I'll make you regret playing baseball
Bm
Shoeless Joe looked up and saw
F#
The silver rifle's gaping maw
D G A7
Though no one had noticed yet
D G A7
His underwear was getting wet
D G A7
He peed himself in front of everyone

Slow Verse
D G
Shoeless Joe was finished but he couldn't quite admit it
D Em A7
So he raised his middle finger up above the other four
D G
Kenesaw took careful aim and fired a single bullet
D G D A7
And he shot that dirty finger off and he dropped his trusty gun
D G D A7
And everybody in the stands knew that he had won
D G A7 D
And today they still refer to him as Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Final Verse
D G
Shoeless Joe left baseball and became a famous pop star
D Em A7 D
And he asked the musical question is she really going out with him
G
He had a couple albums and a comeback in the 80's
D G D A7
But he never won a Grammy and he never was the same
D G D A7
And he never could be satisfied with critical acclaim
D G A7 D A7
Cause the critics all confused him with the great Elvis Costello
D G A7 D
Yes the critics all confused him with the great Elvis Costello