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