Intro
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Verse (Em C G C G D Bm Am)
Em C G
Washed my face in the rivers of empire
C G D
Made my bed from the cardboard crate
Bm Em
Down in the city of courts
Verse (Em C G C G D Bm Am)
Em C G
No news, no new regrets
C G D
Tossed a susan b over my shoulder
C Bm Am
And prayed it would rain and rain
C Bm Am
Submerge the whole western state
Ghorus (C C G C Bm Am)
G C
Called a last fair deal
G C
With an american zeal
Bm Em
and corporate handshake
Verse (Em C G C G D Bm Am)
Em C G
take the story of carpenter mike
C G D
Who dropped his tools and his keys and left
C Bm Am
And headed out as far as he could
C Bm Am
Past the city and gated neighbourhoods
G C
And he slept 'neath the stars
G C
Wrote down what he dreamt
G C Bm Em
And he built a machine for no-one to see
D C G
and took flight first light of new morning