Tom: F#5 Intro: F#5 E5 B5 F#5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 I was born in the jungle B5 F#5 With the sickening smell of cinnamon in the air F#5 E5 Born in a white hole B5 A5 D5 E5 F#5 and I can't believe the colors here today E5 Stuck on a circle B5 F#5 I've never been blessed with elephant's memory F#5 E5 B5 Riding a red line nowhere D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years, put the money away D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 D5 E5 If it takes 40 years I want the thunder and the rain F#5 E5 I was born in a good home B5 F#5 Where the rising cost of raising children F#5 E5 Was not a factor B5 A5 D5 A5 F#5 And I can't believe the things it does to me E5 I'm filled with the white noise B5 F#5 Well I never did much of anything anyway F#5 E5 B5 Jump on a big train nowhere D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years, put the money away D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years I want the thunder and the rain F5 C5 G5 D5 I'm gonna buy me a good heart, and a conscience, maybe raise some children F5 C5 G5 Get me a good wife, and a God and God and God and God and F5 C5 G5 D5 Start me a new life with a six foot color television F5 C5 G5 A5 E5 Start me a new life somewhere F#5 E5 I was born on a warm night B5 F#5 On the right coast, southeastern America F#5 E5 Dead on arrival B5 A5 D5 E5 F#5 But you can't believe the things you hear today E5 B5 I'll fly me a white plane over water F#5 Over blue and green and F#5 E5 B5 Land in the ocean somewhere D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years for the guns to be paid for D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years, put the money away D5 A5 G5 B5 A5 If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir D5 A5 G5 B5 If it takes 40 years well I want that thunder A5 G5 B5 A5 Yeah and I want that rain G5 Oh well I want that rain B5 A5 Come on now, now gimme the thunder, gimme the thunder G5 B5 A5 Gimme the rain G5 B5 A5 I want that rain, I want the thunder and the rain