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