Intro
(play during these chords--> C# – C#/C – F# – A#m – G# – C)
e|--1-0-3-0-1-0-3-0--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| repeat through intro chords
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
[Fill 1]
e|-0-1-3-1-0------------------|
B|------------3-1-------------|
G|----------------1/2-0-1/2-0-|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
[Fill 2]
e|--3/5-5/7-7/8-8/10-10--|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
[Intro]
C# C#/C F# A#m G# C#
(with intro riff throughout)
[Verse]
C# C#/C F#
Come on, turn on, tune in drop out with me
A#m G# C#
Baby you need a break so let's just run away
C# C#/C
Well I'm tired of coding Perl, and I'm tired of VBA
F#
Maggie throw your law books away
A#m G# C#
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up with me, now picture this
[Chorus 1]
A#m F# C# [Fill 1]
Shopping in town for our homemade agrarian fortress
A#m F# G# [Fill 2]
You're texting: Corian, granite, or tile, kitchenette in the gun nest?
C# C#/C
Well we'll find a little meadow high up in the Cascades
F#
Baby we won't ever come down
A#m G# C#
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up with me
[Instrumental Break]
C# C#/C F# A#m G# C#
[Verse]
C# C#/C F#
Turn on, tune in, drop out, with me
A#m G# C#
The whole thing's coming down so let's just get out of the way
C# C#/C
Well I'm not paranoid, there is no conspiracy
F#
But I swear Big Brother's watching me
A#m G# C#
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
[Chorus 2]
A#m F# C# [Fill 1]
So you're serving aperitifs to the local survivalist militia
A#m F# G# [Fill 2]
In camouflage you're fine but the locals still call you Morticia
C# C#/C
Well we'll find a little meadow high up in the Cascades
F#
Baby we won't ever come down
A#m G# C#
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up with me
[Solo]
C# C#/C F# A#m G# C# x2
[Outro]
C# C#/C F#
Buy a little cabin in the Adirondacks, baby they'll never find us
A#m G# C#
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up with me
C# C#/C
Hand stitch your tee-pee with the east Mojave
F#
Watching for black helicopters
A#m G# C#
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up with me