Tuning: Standard E A D G B e
Capo: 2nd
Intro:
CFCC
Verse:
CGFC
Let me shout its common cause for things to fall apart
CGC
For radicals to ruin all that's right
CGFC
I don't mean to flout the laws of government or heart
CGC
I just don't want to lose your eyes
Chorus:
FGC
Wait for the ocean-bottled news
FGC
Fly-bys and radio balloons
FG
We will sing of lesser traits
C
and play them for the magistrate
FG
In groups of four or eight or twelve
CC
Until they say "we might as well"
Verse 2:
Grocery stores and cannonballs
Line up on my list of things I'll remember when I'm old
Water towers and Mid-west plains still in the abyss
Left unseen 'til we're further up the road
Chorus:
Wait for the static stat airwaves
Land-locked ocean-side parades
We will bring our new debates
And sing them for the magistrate
In groups of four or eight or twelve
Until they say "we might as well"
Hey, hey, hey, we might as well
Play the Intro:
CFCC
Bridge:
C
These days are not fast
AmF
Times will not last
CG
So they say, but I'm having trouble believing
CAmF
Try to settle soft in the canopy we've lost
CG
As you dance and sway and kiss with Costa Ricans
CCAFCDGCCAFCDGC
These days are not fast
AmF
Times will not last
CDmG
So they say, but I'm having trouble believing
CAmF
Try to settle soft in the canopy we've lost
CDmGC
You are getting all you can from my hurting, from my hurting
CAFCDm
Outro:
C
La la la la
AmF
La la la la la
CDmG
La la la La la la la la la
In the live he plays the C chord with the G note on the e string.