Capo 1st fret. The Gm chord is really just lifting your index finger from the A string and hammering it on the D string (2nd fret). Listen to the song for timing. Intro: (repeated over and over during harmonica part) E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 Verse 1: G5 C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 Across from the prison and beside the great lake E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 Below the rooftops and above the highways C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 The spirits pay rental on the basements they haunt E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 And the pages just draw pictures of the things that they want E5 D5 G5 G5 I cook my dinner on the blacktop street E5 D5 G5 I come from the nation of heat Repeat intro during the harmonica part. Verse 2: G5 C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 Outside the train station there's a bold painted sign E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 It says try to be patient don't forget to choose sides C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 We got the loudest explosions you ever heard E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 We got two dollar soldiers and ten dollar words E5 D5 G5 G5 If I didn't own boots I wouldn't need feet E5 D5 G5 I come from the nation of heat Repeat intro again during the harmonica part. Verse 3: G5 C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 So swift and so vicious are the carnival rides E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 And the carnival barker yell your name for a bribe C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 we got billboards for love and Japanese cars E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 It ain't rare to hear the streetlights call themselves stars E5 D5 G5 G5 The more that I learn the more that I cheat E5 D5 G5 I come from the nation of heat Repeat intro during the harmonica part. Verse 4: G5 C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 I've seen skeleton mothers and hungry folks E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 Across the street from the kitchens that cook dinner for most C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 Sometimes you hear whispers by the dark of the moon E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 That we promised too much and gave it too soon E5 D5 G5 G5 Even our coughs and our fevers compete E5 D5 G5 I come from the nation of heat Repeat intro again during the harmonica part. Verse 5: G5 C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 Blockin borders with smiles are immigrant sons E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 we measure loneliness and miles and misery in tons C5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 There's a straw-hatted man rowing away from the shore E5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 Who says "It's a shame they don't let you have slaves here anymore" E5 D5 G5 G5 I'm the ugliest man that you'll ever meet E5 D5 G5 I come from the nation of heat
