Matthew Good Band
Sort Of A Protest Song
The Audio Of Being
2001
half step down - capo 1

This is the bare bones of the acoustic version he plays live.
C     x32010
G     320033
Am    x02210   play around with b string
C/B   x20010
GaddA 320035

C G Am C/B
C C/B Am C C/B Am

C                 G
I can't remember 1989
Am                     C/B
I can't remember what you look like
        C  C/B Am
Because I was dime'd
            C        C/B      Am
Wasn't the whole world at the time?

C               G
A robot heart for my sleep in
Am             C/B
Girl she knows CPR
  C        C/B     Am
so I can come back to life
      C          C/B     Am
Yeah, I can come back to life


     C        GaddA                Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
     C        GaddA                        Am           GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
     C        GaddA            Am           GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
     C        GaddA                    Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

C G Am C/B
C C/B Am C C/B Am

C          G
I had me a vision
Am       C/B
I was a fireman
     C     C/B Am
In a time of fires
     C   C/B   Am
And I was paralyzed

  C      G
A robot heart
       Am        C/B
For a theme park world
    C        C/B   Am
Whatever keeps us alive
    C        C/B        Am
Whatever keeps claim to us being civilized

     C        GaddA                Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
     C        GaddA                        Am           GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
     C        GaddA            Am           GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
     C        GaddA                    Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

Am    C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Am   C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah

C                 G
I can't remember 1989
  Am                     C/B
I try, but I forget what you look like
     C        C/B  Am
Baby I ain't dime'd
     C        C/B           Am
But yeah, it still keeps me up at night

   C     G
A robot heart
   Am      C/B
For a robot boy
    C          C/B   Am
Who dreamed he was a lion
     C             C/B     Am
Our lives in these empty spaces aside

     C        GaddA                Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
     C        GaddA                        Am           GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
     C        GaddA            Am           GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
     C        GaddA                    Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

Am    C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Am   C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Am   C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah


© Matthew Good / 2013

Matt hammers on the b string quite a bit in the Am and the C/B and during the yeahs the 
C. As always, its an outline.