Between The Cracks
Written by Tom Russell & Dave Alvin
Recorded by Tom Russell
Album: The Rose Of The San Joaquin (1995)

(Capo on 2)

(G) Sundown on the San Joaquin, an old woman walks home from (D)work
Another day in the fields another day in the (G)dirt
She lights a sacred candle next to a faded (G7) photo-(C)graph
And she (D) says a prayer for a young man who fell between the (G)cracks

Inst.:  (G) x 4 bars

She (G)stares at the photo of a young man who caused so much (D)pain
In countless twelve round blood baths, Kid Hey Zeus was his (G)name
He was the pride of the valley until the night he stayed (G7)down on his (C)back
When he (D) took the dive he disappeared down between the (G)cracks

(Chorus)
She said (C)Jesus born a (G)poor boy on the (C)wrong side of the (D)tracks
He (C)rose again, but (G)not before he (D)fell between the (G)cracks

(G) She re-reads all the letters that he wrote her from L. (D)A.
He said please don't worry about me, I'll come back again some-(G)day
But she hears the other stories whispered be-(G7)hind her (C)back
About a (D)shooting in a grocery store somewhere between the (G)cracks

(Chorus)
She said (C)Jesus born a (G)poor boy on the (C)wrong side of the (D)tracks
He (C)rose again, but (G)not before he (D)fell between the (G)cracks

Inst.:  |(Bb)(F)|(C) |(Bb)(F)|(C) |(Bb)(F)|(C) |(D) |(D)(F)|(G) --- | --- 

(G) Sunrise on the San Joaquin, an old woman walks off to (D)work
Another day in the fields another day in the (G)dirt
She looks around at all the children dropping rich men's (G7)fruit in the (C)sacks
And she says a (D)prayer for everyone trapped between the (G)cracks

(Chorus)
She said (C)Jesus born a (G)poor boy on the (C)wrong side of the (D)tracks
He (C)rose again, but (G)not before he (D)fell between the (G)cracks

(Tag)
He (C)rose again, but (G)not before he (D)fell between the (G)cracks

Outro.:  |(G)(F)|(G) |(G)(F)|(G) |(G)(F)|(G) -----