Intro: Bm - G7M - Bm - Bm (x4)

        Bm G7M Bm                             Bm    G7M Bm
And the warblers sing: deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!
        Bm G7M Bm                             Bm    G7M Bm
And the sparrows sing: deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!
            Bm G7M Bm                Bm            A    G7M
Through the wheeeeeeeeels, through the wheels on the interstate,
    F#  F#7 Bm
And hear no refrain.

( Bm - G7M - Bm - Bm ) x4

    Bm    G7M Bm                               Bm    G7M Bm
And the beetles creeps (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
       Bm G7M Bm                               Bm    G7M Bm
On the crippled trees, (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
        Bm G7M Bm                  Bm   A         G7M
And he looooooooks down to where the soil must have been,
F#   F#7
Wondering.

    G7M          A6            G7M               A6
And no, you're not alone. No, my cousins, you're not alone.
              D      Em9         Bm    A       G7M    F#7
You're in our talons now, and we're never letting go.


( Bm - G7M - Bm - Bm ) x4

        Bm G7M Bm                             Bm    G7M Bm
And the branches bend (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)

      Bm G7M Bm                             Bm    G7M Bm
To the growing sea. (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
         Bm  G7M  Bm           Bm        A            G7M
And they aaaaaaaaaaask, and they ask it to spread their seeds,
         F#           F#7
For they know they're drowning.

    G7M          A6            G7M               A6
And no, you're not alone. No, my cousins, you're not alone.
              D      Em9         Bm    A       G7M    A6
You're in our talons now, and we're never letting go.
              D           Em9      Bm        A   G7M     A6
You're in our headlights, frozen, and no, we're not stopping.

        D   Em9            Bm      A         G7M     A6
You may not believe, but even we were scared at first.
           D      Em9      Bm        A        G7M     A6
It takes a lot of nerve to destroy this wondrous earth.
           D Em   Bm      A           G7M    F#7
We're only human; this at least we've learned.