[Intro] [clattering percussion, detuned guitar scrape, octave guitar, feedback guitar (3:2 against handclaps, conga slaps underneath)] [Verse 1] [low, tense vocal; riff punches between lines (4 over 3, shaker and güiro flicker)] He keeps time with a busted heel (tambourine in 5) Three bad strings and a stomach of steel (kick and snare split the bar, cajón thumps low) Coins come down like summer rain (hi-hat ticks in the gaps, claves answer soft) Gone by dark through a borrowed vein (bass leans off-center, bongos roll under) [Chorus] [huge guitars; vocal stretched over jagged accents (clap pattern in 7, djembe and shekere pushing through)] Tin cup saint With a mouth full of weather (drums push/pull in 3 against 4, congas lift the backbeat) Sing one more Hold it together Tin cup saint Hands won’t stay still (off-beat shaker in 5, talking drum nudges the phrasing) Play for the change Spend for the kill [Verse 2] [riff drops back; bass prominent (polyrhythm tightens, timbale clicks on the edge)] Morning comes in a delivery truck He knows every face that won’t give a buck Knuckles split on the tambourine (cowbell answers in 3, conga open tones chase it) Eyes gone bright where the blood runs lean (snare accents skip a beat, agogo rings behind) [Chorus] [full band, shouted doubles, huge distorted guitars (4:3 layering, hand percussion locked in)] Tin cup saint With a mouth full of weather Sing one more Hold it together Tin cup saint Hands won’t stay still Play for the change Spend for the kill [Bridge] [guitar drops to one grinding note; percussion takes over (tom toms in 5 over pulse, bata and frame drum trade hits)] One for God One for rent One more dollar Already spent [vocal scream over rising feedback (hand percussion splays in 7, shekere rattles wider)] ALREADY SPENT [Instrumental Break] [angular wah guitar solo, hand percussion, bass circling one note (3:2 over 4, congas and claves cross-cut)] [brief stops of complete silence between riff hits] [Final Chorus] [faster-feeling vocal against same heavy riff (stacked cross-rhythm, percussion ring of steel drum and shaker)] Tin cup saint Now the night comes crawling Sing one more While the last train’s calling Tin cup saint No sleep, no will Play for the change Spend for the kill [Outro] [band collapses into percussion and feedback (polyrhythm falls apart, djembe and bells lose the grid)]
