Broken Parakeet Blues : Intro - D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 D5 East of the village and west of the trees G5 Up on the high ground where the soldiers would stand D5 Cooling themselves in the sulfurous breeze A5 G5 It seemed like something to lose D5 The houses were filled with flattering hosts G5 In tight shirts and compliments for soldiers and ghosts D5 Up on the high ground blowing their loads D5 G5 For the cowgirls left back home D5 How can you say there?s nothing to lose A5 Singing your broken parakeet blues G5 On the side of the highway lighting the fuse D5 A5 Black like the crows from the cattlecar fumes D5 Yeah, up on the highway near 29 Palms A5 I saw busloads of soldiers rolling along G5 And people like crows on the side of the road D5 A5 Waving goodbye to lovers and sons D5 The soldiers were boys, there were brown ones and fat ones A5 White ones and cool ones and camouflaged black ones G5 Sweet ones and cruel ones but I didn?t see D5 A5 Anybody I thought had money like me D5 Some were sleeping, some dreaming, some quietly weeping A5 Out of 29 Palms the buses kept creeping G5 Right through the desert and out to the shore D5 A5 29 Palms won?t see ?em no more D5 How can you say there?s nothing to lose A5 Singing your broken parakeet blues G5 On the side of the highway lighting the fuse D5 A5 Black like the crows from the cattlecar fumes D5 How can you just wave farewell to them A5 Knowing what you know and where you have been G5 On the side of the highway lighting the fuse D5 A5 Singing your broken parakeet blues D5 A5 D5 How can you say there?s nothing to lose D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 D5 East of the village and west of the trees G5 Up on the high ground where the soldiers would stand D5 Cooling themselves in the sulfurous breeze A5 G5 We all crowed those parakeet blues
