Intro
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Verse (G#m E B E B F# D#m Am)
G#m E B
Washed my face in the rivers of empire
E B F#
Made my bed from the cardboard crate
D#m G#m
Down in the city of courts
Verse (G#m E B E B F# D#m Am)
G#m E B
No news, no new regrets
E B F#
Tossed a susan b over my shoulder
E D#m C#m
And prayed it would rain and rain
E D#m C#m
Submerge the whole western state
Bhorus (C E B E D#m Am)
B E
Called a last fair deal
B E
With an american zeal
D#m G#m
and corporate handshake
Verse (G#m E B E B F# D#m Am)
G#m E B
take the story of carpenter mike
E B F#
Who dropped his tools and his keys and left
E D#m C#m
And headed out as far as he could
E D#m C#m
Past the city and gated neighbourhoods
B E
And he slept 'neath the stars
B E
Wrote down what he dreamt
B E D#m G#m
And he built a machine for no-one to see
F# E B
and took flight first light of new morning