Tuning: Standard E A D G B e Capo: 2nd Intro: C5 F5 C5 C5 Verse: C5 G5 F5 C5 Let me shout its common cause for things to fall apart C5 G5 C5 For radicals to ruin all that's right C5 G5 F5 C5 I don't mean to flout the laws of government or heart C5 G5 C5 I just don't want to lose your eyes Chorus: F5 G5 C5 Wait for the ocean-bottled news F5 G5 C5 Fly-bys and radio balloons F5 G5 We will sing of lesser traits C5 and play them for the magistrate F5 G5 In groups of four or eight or twelve C5 G5 C5 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: C5 F5 C5 C5 Bridge: C5 These days are not fast A5 F5 Times will not last C5 G5 So they say, but I'm having trouble believing C5 A5 F5 Try to settle soft in the canopy we've lost C5 G5 As you dance and sway and kiss with Costa Ricans C5 C5 A5 F5 C5 D5 G5 C5 C5 A5 F5 C5 D5 G5 C5 These days are not fast A5 F5 Times will not last C5 D5 G5 So they say, but I'm having trouble believing C5 A5 F5 Try to settle soft in the canopy we've lost C5 D5 G5 C5 You are getting all you can from my hurting, from my hurting C5 A5 F5 C5 D5 Outro: C5 La la la la A5 F5 La la la la la C5 D5 G5 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.
