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