Album: Brighter than Creation's Dark
Written by: Mike Cooley

Tabbed by Jangafettnutts



G (320003@1)                 DIt (xx0232@1)was 1990 give or take I don't remember
         C (x32010@1)                        Gwhen (320003@1)the news of revolution hit the air
    G (320003@1)                        DThe (xx0232@1)girls hadn't even started taking down our posters
         C (x32010@1)                            Gwhen (320003@1)the boys started cutting off their hair
    D (xx0232@1)                AmThe (x02210@1)radio stations all decided angst was finally 
    C (x32010@1)                              Gold (320003@1)enough it ought to have a proper home
G (320003@1)                       DDead (xx0232@1)fat or rich nobody's left to bitch
          C (x32010@1)                            Gabout (320003@1)the goings' on in self destructive zones



G (320003@1)                                DThe (xx0232@1)night the practice room caught fire
                       C (x32010@1)                               Gthere (320003@1)were rumors of a dragon headed straight for Muscle Shoals
G (320003@1)                      D"Stoner (xx0232@1)tries to save an amplifier"
                           C (x32010@1)                        Gand (320003@1)it's like the dragon's side of the story is never told
         D (xx0232@1)                        Am (x02210@1)                  CWhen (x32010@1)the dream and the man and the girls hang around long enough
                              Gto (320003@1)make you think it's coming true,
G (320003@1)                        Dit's (xx0232@1)easier to let it all die a fairy tale,
      C (x32010@1)                                    Gthan (320003@1)admit that something bigger is passing through



G (320003@1)                              DThe (xx0232@1)hippies rode a wave putting smiles on faces,
          C (x32010@1)                      Gthat (320003@1)the devil wouldn't even put a shoe
G (320003@1)                          DCaught (xx0232@1)between a generation dying from its habits,
    C (x32010@1)                                Gand (320003@1)another thinking rock and roll was new
         D (xx0232@1)                            AmTill (x02210@1)the pawn shops were packed like a backstage party,
        C (x32010@1)                        Ghanging (320003@1)full of pointy ugly cheap guitars
        G (320003@1)                      DAnd (xx0232@1)the young'uns all turned to karaoke,
                  C (x32010@1)                     Ghanging (320003@1)all their wishes upon disregarded stars



G (320003@1)                        DMy (xx0232@1)Grandaddy's shotgun is locked in a closet
       C (x32010@1)                                Gand (320003@1)it never shot a thing that could have lived
         G (320003@1)                 DAn (xx0232@1)old man decided that you couldn't choose your poison
            C (x32010@1)                           Gtill (320003@1)you're nearly old enough to vote for him
      D (xx0232@1)                  AmThey (x02210@1)turned what was into something so disgusting
      C (x32010@1)                          Geven (320003@1)wild dogs would disregard the bones
     G (320003@1)                DDead (xx0232@1)fat or rich nobody's left to bitch
           C (x32010@1)                            Gabout (320003@1)the goings' on in self destructive zones