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