Joe Citizen Blues Chords by Son Volt

Son Volt - "Joe Citizen Blues"
From the "Afterglow 61" EP
Words and Music by Jay Farrar

Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com)

CAPO 2

Chords used (some names may be incorrect):
D - 3230xx
G - 330023
Asus2 - 03220x
G/D - 330002
G6 - 33002x
A6/7sus - 03045x
A6/7* - 05005X

Intro: verse chords

He left his [D]drea[G]ms in the [Asus2]alley
[G]Betrayed by [G/D]false [D]beliefs
[G]Checks the [G/D]time on his [G6]watch again
This world is [D]spinning into over[Asus2]drive

[D]History is [G]happening [Asus2]now
[G]Lessons of [G/D]abject [D]failure
Do the [G]leaders [G/D]sleep while [G6]thousands die
To [D]protect from weapons of [Asus2]imagination

[A6/7sus] These Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues
[A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues
[A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues

And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down
At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour
And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down
At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour

When [D]opportunity means [G]firing a [Asus2]gun
[G]Looks a lot [G/D]like past em[D]pires
The [G]ruling [G/D]class doesn't [G6]fight the wars
With stock [D]options and fortunes [Asus2]to be made

More [D]reason for [G]hope in the [Asus2]future
When this [G]present is [G/D]almost [D]past
[G]Sweet black [G/D]crude and [G6]Red White and Blue
May the [D]innocent find the [Asus2]answer

[A6/7sus] To these Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues
[A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues
[A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues

And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down
At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour
And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down
At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour

[A6/7sus] To these Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues
[A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues
[A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues

And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down
At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour
And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down
At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour

[A6/7sus] [A6/7*] repeated, end on D