Intro
F* 320003 / 320013 (G / Gadd11)
[Intro]
F* F F* F G* G G/E
[Verse 1]
F C A#
I saw the best of my generation playing pinball
F C A# C
Maked-up and caked-up and looking like some kind of china doll
F C Dm A# C
With all of Adolf Hitler's moves down cold as they stood up in front of a rock and roll band
F C Dm A# C
And always moving upward and ever upward to this gentle, golden promised land
F C
With the smartest of them all moonlighting as a word processor
Dm A# F
And the strongest of them all checking IDs outside saloons
C Dm
And the prettiest of all taking off her clothes in front of men
A# F A#
Whose eyes look like they were in some little hick town near Omaha
F A# C
Watching the police chief run his car off the side of a bridge
F C Dm A#
And I saw a men with dreams like the ones I'd had beg quarters outside the 7-11
F A#
Till it got so they didn't affect me anymore than the mailboxes I'd pass
F A# C
'Cept that sometimes I'd put something in the mailbox
Am A#
I'd had the wind at my back, now I felt it cold in my face
F C Dm
And for an awful long time now you were the only one who ever called me late at night
A# F
And I never really noticed till after you stopped calling
A# A#/A C
And the emptiness and silence got so heavy
[Chorus]
F
Broken up in the wasteland
Am
Broken up in the promised land
A#
Broken up in Disneyland
C
Broken up in the plastic land
Dm
Broken up in the wasteland
A#
Broken up in the wasteland
F* F F* G G/E
Broken up in the wasteland
[Verse 2]
F C Dm A#
And I saw dead Marilyn Monroe strung up on every street corner in Hollywood
F A#
Like some two bit whore offering a discount rate
C
And I wondered how Joe Dimaggio felt
F C Dm A#
And I saw dead James Dean's ghost wandering the sidewalk looking troubled
C
And I wondered how his mama felt
F C
I saw signs that said "Headshots done for cheap"
Dm A#
Signs that said "Extras wanted, top dollars paid"
F A#
And signs for haircuts and signs for manicures
F A#
And signs for tanning salons and signs for wardrobe specialists
F A#
Signs for cosmetic surgery and signs for assertiveness training
C
And I stopped to read them all
F C
And every single block looked like every single block
Dm A#
Looked like every single block looked like every single block
F A#
But you kept driving 'cause everyone else kept driving
F A# C
And 'cause gridlock is evil and not knowing your way is evil
Am
And those that had money looked good but weren't too happy
A#
And those who didn't have money didn't look so good and weren't too happy either
F C Dm A#
And in a city of three million two hundred and sixty nine thousand nine hundred eighty four
C
Every one was lonely
[Chorus]
F
Broken up in the wasteland
Am
Broken up in the promised land
A#
Broken up in Disneyland
C
Broken up in the plastic land
Dm
Broken up in the wasteland
A#
Broken up in the wasteland
F* F F* G G/E
Broken up in the wasteland
[Verse 3]
F C Dm A#
And I watched as everyone I knew spent their lives
F C F
Trying to be watched on stage or watched on film or listened to on a record
A# C
And they thought, "Well, maybe that way I could get a little love out of this life"
F C Dm A#
And I watched as the best of my generation abandoned their dreams
C
And settled for making a little money
F C Dm A#
I watched TV and read the papers, listened to the radio and made all the fancy scenes
F A#
And said all the right words and wore all the right clothes
F C
And knew the names of the hip people but I still felt out of touch
Dm C A#
So I stopped watching TV and reading the papers and listening to the radio
F A#
And making the fancy scenes and saying the right words
F A#
And wearing the right clothes and knowing the names of the hip people
C
And I felt more out of touch than ever, oh, but I didn't care anymore
Am
And I felt you slipping away
A#
And I felt myself slipping from you
F C Dm
And I wanted more than anything else for it to rain for one whole day like it used to
A# F A#
But all there ever was was sun, relentless sun, hot, beating sun
F A#
And everyone wore their sunglasses and walked around like flies
Am C
Under magnifying glass with their eyes removed
[Chorus]
F
Broken up in the wasteland
Am
Broken up in the promised land
A#
Broken up in Disneyland
C
Broken up in the plastic land
Dm
Broken up in the wasteland
A#
Broken up in the wasteland
Dm
Broken up in the wasteland
A#
Broken up in the wasteland
F* G
Broken up in the wasteland
[Outro]
F* G x3