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