Broken Parakeet Blues :  Intro - D   A   G   D  A
D (xx0232@1) 
East of the village and west of the trees
G (320003@1)Up on the high ground where the soldiers would stand
DCooling (xx0232@1)themselves in the sulfurous breeze
   A (x02220@1)                      GIt (320003@1)seemed like something to lose

DThe (xx0232@1)houses were filled with flattering hosts
   GIn (320003@1)tight shirts and compliments for soldiers and ghosts
DUp (xx0232@1)on the high ground blowing their loads
        D (xx0232@1)                GFor (320003@1)the cowgirls left back home

DHow (xx0232@1)can you say there's nothing to lose
ASinging (x02220@1)your broken parakeet blues
       GOn (320003@1)the side of the highway lighting the fuse
D (xx0232@1)                           ABlack (x02220@1)like the crows from the cattlecar fumes

DYeah, (xx0232@1)up on the highway near 29 Palms
AI (x02220@1)saw busloads of soldiers rolling along
    GAnd (320003@1)people like crows on the side of the road
D (xx0232@1)               AWaving (x02220@1)goodbye to lovers and sons

DThe (xx0232@1)soldiers were boys, there were brown ones and fat ones
AWhite (x02220@1)ones and cool ones and camouflaged black ones
GSweet (320003@1)ones and cruel ones but I didn't see
D (xx0232@1)                   AAnybody (x02220@1)I thought had money like me

DSome (xx0232@1)were sleeping, some dreaming, some quietly weeping
       AOut (x02220@1)of 29 Palms the buses kept creeping
GRight (320003@1)through the desert and out to the shore
D (xx0232@1)            A29 (x02220@1)Palms won't see 'em no more

DHow (xx0232@1)can you say there's nothing to lose
ASinging (x02220@1)your broken parakeet blues
       GOn (320003@1)the side of the highway lighting the fuse
D (xx0232@1)                           ABlack (x02220@1)like the crows from the cattlecar fumes

DHow (xx0232@1)can you just wave farewell to them
AKnowing (x02220@1)what you know and where you have been
       GOn (320003@1)the side of the highway lighting the fuse
D (xx0232@1)                 ASinging (x02220@1)your broken parakeet blues

D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)                 DHow (xx0232@1)can you say there's nothing to lose
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1) 
East of the village and west of the trees
G (320003@1)Up on the high ground where the soldiers would stand
DCooling (xx0232@1)themselves in the sulfurous breeze
       A (x02220@1)                   GWe (320003@1)all crowed those parakeet blues