Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers / Parsons / Hillman

Words and music by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman. As recorded by The Flying Burrito Brothers, on
the classic 1969 LP The Gilded Palace Of Sin. Lead (and harmony?) vocal by Gram Parsons.

Here in D. To play in Eb, as recorded, capo one fret.

D A7 D7 G

1. This old town's filled with sin; it'll swallow you in

D A7

If you've got some money to burn.

D A7 D7 G

Take it home right away, you've got three years to pay

D A7 D D7

But Satan is waiting his turn.

chorus:

G A D

This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poorhouse

G D A7

It seems like this whole town's insane

G A D G

On the 31st floor, a gold plated door...

D A7 D

Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain.

2. The scientists say it'll all wash away

But we don't believe anymore

'Cause we've got our recruits and our green mohair suits

So please show your ID at the door.

chorus

instrumental break (pedal steel): last two lines of the chorus

3. A friend came around, tried to clean up this town

His ideas made some people mad

He trusted his crowd, so he spoke right out loud

And they lost the best friend they had.

chorus, with last two lines repeated:

D A7 D

Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain.

D A7 G D

Won't keep out the Lord's burning ra...in.

Lyrics: verified against FBB recording

- Transcribed by WA, Oct 2002. Last edited 1 Nov 2002. Formatting last tweaked 10 Nov 2002.

[See Word doc for printer-friendly formatting, and comments from Emmylou Harris and Keith Richards about the song and about Gram Parsons.]