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