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