John Wayne Gacy Jr.

Chords

Standard

Em               D
His father was a drinker
        Bm              G
And his mother cried in bed
Em                   D
Folding John Wayne's T-shirts
         Bm                G
When the swingset hit his head

Em                D
The neighbors they adored him
        Bm            G
For his humor and his conversation

Em                  D
Look underneath the house there
         Bm 
Find the few living things
        G                          Em
Rotting fast in their sleep of the dead

             D            Bm
Twenty-seven people even more
                          G
They were boys with their cars summer jobs

      Em,D,Bm,
Oh my God

G
Are you one of them

Em                   D
He dressed up like a clown for them
         Bm                   G
With his face paint white and red
Em              D
And on his best behavior
     Bm               G                  Em
In a dark room on the bed he kissed them all

                       D
He'd kill ten thousand people
       Bm 
With a sleight of his hand
        G                        Em
Running far running fast to the dead

                      D
He took off all their clothes for them
         Bm 
He put a cloth on their lips
      G
Quiet hands quiet kiss

       Em,D
On the mouth

G,Em

                 D
And in my best behavior
     Bm               G
I am really just like him
Em               D
Look beneath the floorboards
        Bm             G
For the secrets I have hid