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