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@1)   x32010
G (320003@1)   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 (x32010@1)               GI (320003@1)can't remember 1989
Am (x02210@1)                   C/BI (x2555x@1)can't remember what you look like
        C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
Because I was dime'd
            C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)    AmWasn't (x02210@1)the whole world at the time?

C (x32010@1)             GA (320003@1)robot heart for my sleep in
Am (x02210@1)           C/BGirl (x2555x@1)she knows CPR
  C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)   Amso (x02210@1)I can come back to life
      C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1)   AmYeah, (x02210@1)I can come back to life

C (x32010@1)      GaddA                Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA                        Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA            Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA                    Am (x02210@1)         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 (x32010@1)        GI (320003@1)had me a vision
Am (x02210@1)     C/BI (x2555x@1)was a fireman
     C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
In a time of fires
     C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)I was paralyzed

C (x32010@1)    GA (320003@1)robot heart
       Am (x02210@1)      C/BFor (x2555x@1)a theme park world
    C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1) AmWhatever (x02210@1)keeps us alive
    C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)      AmWhatever (x02210@1)keeps claim to us being civilized

C (x32010@1)      GaddA                Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA                        Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA            Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA                    Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

Am (x02210@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)CYeah (x32010@1)Yeah Yeah
Am (x02210@1) C/B (x2555x@1)CYeah (x32010@1)Yeah Yeah

C (x32010@1)               GI (320003@1)can't remember 1989
  Am (x02210@1)                   C/BI (x2555x@1)try, but I forget what you look like
     C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)AmBaby (x02210@1)I ain't dime'd
     C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)         AmBut (x02210@1)yeah, it still keeps me up at night

C (x32010@1)   GA (320003@1)robot heart
   Am (x02210@1)    C/BFor (x2555x@1)a robot boy
    C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1) AmWho (x02210@1)dreamed he was a lion
     C (x32010@1)           C/B (x2555x@1)   AmOur (x02210@1)lives in these empty spaces aside

C (x32010@1)      GaddA                Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA                        Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA            Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
     C (x32010@1)      GaddA                    Am (x02210@1)         GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

Am (x02210@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)CYeah (x32010@1)Yeah Yeah
Am (x02210@1) C/B (x2555x@1)CYeah (x32010@1)Yeah Yeah
Am (x02210@1) C/B (x2555x@1)CYeah (x32010@1)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.
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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