Magdalene
(Capo 5)

Am7                    D
Broken, busted tire of humanity
Am7                            D
Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see
Am7                          D
Opens prison doors, sets the captive free
Am7                      Fmaj7
Broken, busted tire of humanity

C                            G
Lovely, painted woman on the corner alone
Dm                           F
Lovely, painted woman in the governor’s home
C                            G
Lovely, broken bottle of her earnings gone
Dm                         F
Run down, blown out, still rolling on

Broken, busted tire of humanity
Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see
Opens prison doors, sets the captive free
Broken, busted tire of humanity

Wandering, homeless vagabond with dirty feet
Ranting like a madman to the most elite
Lynched a common criminal, a piece of meat
Last stage, they stay incomplete

Broken, busted tire of humanity
Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see
Opens prison doors, sets the captive free
Broken, busted tire of humanity

          Dm           Am
When it’s lost all use then we see
     Dm           Am
What we can do is useless debris
           Dm           Am
When we’ve lost all use then we see
Dm                       C
Broken things have their own beauty . . .

Broken, busted tire of humanity
Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see
Opens prison doors, sets the captive free
Broken, busted tire of humanity

Broken, busted tire, only thing with use
Twisted by the road and the cruel world’s abuse
Brokenness and bustedness are jubilee
Broken, busted tire of humanity