Tabbed by: DJ
19th Nov 2012

Tuning:Standard
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in key of Cm )

A childhood perspective on a family breaking up,
with a backdrop of the turbulent events of the early 1960's

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e | ----------0--- | ---3-------- | 
B | -------------- | ------------ | 
G | ----2--------- | ------------ | 
D | -------------- | ------------ | 
A | ----0--------- | ------------ | 
E | -------------- | ------------ | 


     A5    A5    F5          A5    A5    F5    
 |  | :  /  /  /  /   |   /  /  /  /  |   /  /  /  /   |   /  /  /  / : |  |  (Twice)


                A5         A5              F5      
They're in the front seat,      he's got the radio low,
         A5               A5          F5
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch down,
        A5      A5              F5
He is talking,        she's not listening,
        A5              A5      F5
She is thinking of her father, who died when she was young!


  A5    A5    F5          
 |   /  /  /  /   |   /  /  /  /  | 

            A5         A5                 F5      
I'm in the back seat,       they think I'm sleeping,
            A5             A5                  F5
But I am listening for the cracks between their voices, in the dark,
           A5     A5             F5
We are a family,        we are a shipwreck,
            A5            A5            F5          A5   A5  F5
And we are picking up my Grandma, who is getting... very old!


                      D5           ( F5 )          A5    
And they think she's dying, but I think she's laughing,
 ( A5 )        D5              ( F5 )                  G5                    
I think she's riding 'Halley's Comet', from Fort Lauderdale to here, 
   ( G5 )   D5            ( F5 )        A5    ( A5 )  
But when I see her, I'll keep her secret,     
D5               ( F5 )             G5                     G5  G5
We all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves! 


  A5    A5    F5          
 |   /  /  /  /   |   /  /  /  /  | 

                  A5     A5           F5      
They built this airport,        but in a few years...
            A5            A5       F5
...They'll name it after Kennedy, the one who died today,
              A5        A5              F5
And he will leave her,       and she will suffer,
               A5          A5             F5    A5  A5  F5
And they will never really know each other...    at---- all!


                   D5            ( F5 )          A5     
They think we're driving,  but I know we're drifting,
    ( A5 )       D5                 ( F5 )               G5                    
They think we're off on some ad - venture, where the hero saves the day, 
  ( G5 )          D5        ( F5 )           A5     
We think we're special, we think we're golden,   
  ( A5 )         D5           ( F5 )                G5                  G5  G5
We think we're walking on the moon, but we are dancing in the dark! 


A5    A5     F5     A5     A5    F5       
OO---, ooo----!         |   /  /  /  /   |   /  /  /  /  | 

               A5      A5                 F5      
We shoot our rockets,        we shoot our presidents,
               A5              A5            F5
We shoot the commies, and the n*****s, and the Viet Cong,
             A5      A5             F5
Everything changes,        everything stays the same,
         A5               A5          F5           A5   A5  F5
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes... touch----- down!


     A5    A5     F5     A5     A5    F5       
 |  | :  OO---, ooo----!         |   /  /  /  /   |   /  /  /  /  : |  |  (Repeat)


(Suggestion for coda)
  A5     A5    F5          G5    Am9
 |   /  /  /  /   |   /  /  /  /  |   /  /   /  /  |  | 
                                ^  ^   ^