F# G#
Oh, Notorious Lightning! Yes, I had to ride you
A#m C# D#
And trash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you!
F# G#
I was told never to question it.
C# Fm A#m D# F#
Now I'm facing twenty years for every night I tried to ingest the snow so lightly! (huh?)
C#
You simply couldn't put down the Black Book.
Fm
You dreamt the dreams of the Self-Taught Man.
A#m
You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks,
F# C#
But your voice comes out soft and slanted!
F# Fm
And you're living off what government's granted you:
G# D#m
Amnesty from the true
F# G#
Thing. Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring and watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
F# G#
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
F# G# F#
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
C#
I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground,
A#m
And have not grown from this worship.
C#
I lay myself down to surrender,
Watch the trust funds gorge us again,
A#m
And have not grown from this worship.
C#
So, Great Pretender, pull a face! Let's see the best 'forlorn you know!'
A#m
Just don't sing, "Barricades In The Morning" - it's been three days in a row
F# C#
And it never comes off like you planned it!
F# C#
Something once was delivered, then you banned it
G# D#m
But, oh, there is a key to this thing...
G#
Notorious Lightning...
Orchestra Part
[C# ][Fm ][A#m ][F# ] x 4
C#
There is a monument.
Fm
There is a place within it that I have won.
A#m
And there is victory at sea.
F#
And then there's the sun
C#
Crashing down upon us
Fm
Faithful readership of the Old Warden. We beg -
A#m F#
"No not another ode to the Garden! You've let the Book of Appeals pile up!"
C#
So, Child of the East, it's time
Fm
To shrug off the Beast and take a look at what you've done.
A#m
The half-breed jury agrees you're OK,
F#
But what they never seem to say is that it's never
G#
The defense's witness...
C# F
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
F# G#
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
C# F
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
F# G#
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
C# F
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
F# G#
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
C# F
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
F# G#
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!