F                   G
Oh, Notorious Lightning! Yes, I had to ride you
    Am                              C      D
And trash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you!
F                G
I was told never to question it.
             C              Em            Am              D               F
Now I'm facing twenty years for every night I tried to ingest the snow so lightly! (huh?)

C
You simply couldn't put down the Black Book.
                Em
You dreamt the dreams of the Self-Taught Man.
           Am
You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks,
       F                        C
But your voice comes out soft and slanted!
         F                        Em
And you're living off what government's granted you:
G               Dm
Amnesty from the true
                                         F                       G
Thing. Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring and watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
      F                    G
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
      F                    G                F
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.

C
I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground,
           Am
And have not grown from this worship.
           C
I lay myself down to surrender,

Watch the trust funds gorge us again,
           Am
And have not grown from this worship.
        C
So, Great Pretender, pull a face! Let's see the best 'forlorn you know!'
                 Am
Just don't sing, "Barricades In The Morning" - it's been three days in a row
       F                  C
And it never comes off like you planned it!
          F                         C
Something once was delivered, then you banned it
     G                Dm
But, oh, there is a key to this thing...
G
Notorious Lightning...

Orchestra Part
[ C   ][ Em   ][ Am   ][ F   ] x 4

C
There is a monument.
             Em
There is a place within it that I have won.
           Am
And there is victory at sea.
                 F
And then there's the sun
         C
Crashing down upon us
Em                  
Faithful readership of the Old Warden. We beg -
Am                                       F
"No not another ode to the Garden! You've let the Book of Appeals pile up!"
                    C
So, Child of the East, it's time
                          Em
To shrug off the Beast and take a look at what you've done.
                Am
The half-breed jury agrees you're OK,
                                   F
But what they never seem to say is that it's never
            G
The defense's witness...

                                    C            E
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
                                    F         G
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
                                    C            E
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
                                     F            G
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
                                    C            E
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
                                    F         G
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
                                    C            E
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
                                     F            G
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!