Note: occasionally on the Cadd9 chords an extra note is added to make it go from x32030 x32031 and then back again. also during the "and special occasions..." part of the verse is a discordant chord shift but just alter the Dsus2 chord briefly from x00230 to x00330 then back again. Intro Dsus2 Cm e|-------------------------------------------------------------5--| B|-3--3---3-----3--3--3--3---3----3--3--3--3---3----3--3---4---4--| G|-2----0----0--2-----2----0---0--2-----2----0---0--2------5---5--| D|-0------------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0------5---5--| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1 Dsus2 you can have washington i'll take new jersey Cadd9 you can have london but i want new york city Dsus2 i should get providence i've got a job now Cadd9 los angeles - obvious - that's where you belong now (continue chords as above) you can have africa asia australia as long as you keep your hands off cafe pamplona we can split germany right down the middle you'd hate it there anyway take berlin and well call it even you can take all of the carry-on baggage i'll trade the saskia jokes for the alphabet language and special occasions we'll split between parents who forced us to hate them on alternating weekends Dsus you call it over and i call you psycho, significant other? Cadd9 just say we were lovers and we'll call it even F G Dsus2 we'll call it even Chorus/Refrain Gm Bb i am the ground zero ex-friend you ordered F Dsus2 disgused as a hero to get past your borders Gm Bb i know when i'm wanted i'll leave when you ask me to F Dsus2 mind my own business and speak when i'm spoken to Gm Bb i am the tower around which you orbited F Dsus2 i am not proud i am just taking orders Gm Bb i fall to the groud within hours of impact F Cm i hit back if hit and attack if attacked Verse 2 Dsus2 you get route 2 between concord and lexington Cadd9 i want mass ave from the sqaure to my apartment Dsus2 and if we should meet through some misunderstanding Cadd9 ill be very sweet very patient and forgiving Cm (now get off my side of the state) Dsus2 and if we should see one another in passing Cadd9 despite these techniques there is sometimes no avoiding Cm (there must be some kind of mistake) Dsus2 we'll raise high our white flags and bow heads and shake hands Cadd9 declaring the land we're on unamerican we'll call it even F G Dsus2 we'll call it even Chorus/Refrain Gm Bb i am the tower around which you orbited F Dsus2 i am not proud i am just taking orders Gm Bb i fall to the groud within hours of impact F Cm i hit back if hit and attack if attacked Gm Bb i am an accident waiting to happen F Dsus2 i'm laughing like mad as you strangle the captain Gm Bb my place may be taken, but make no mistake F Cm from a little black black box i can say without shame Cm Cm that you've lost, that you've lost, do you know what you've lost? Outro G so take whatever you'd like Bb i'll strike like the States on fire F you won't sleep very tight C no hiding no safe covers G make your bed and now lie Bb just like you always do F you can fake it for the papers C but i'm on to you, i'm on to you G so take whatever you'd like Bb i'll strike like the States on fire F you won't sleep very tight C no hiding no safe covers G make your bed and now lie Bb just like you always do F you can fake it for the papers C but i'm on to you, i'm on to you, i'm on to you, i'm on to you! Dsus2 Cmin repeated to end
