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 | -------------- | ------------ |
Am Am/G F7M Am Am/G F7M
| | : / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / : | | (Twice)
Am Am/G F7M
They're in the front seat, he's got the radio low,
Am Am/G F7M
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch down,
Am Am/G F7M
He is talking, she's not listening,
Am Am/G F7M
She is thinking of her father, who died when she was young!
Am Am/G F7M
| / / / / | / / / / |
Am Am/G F7M
I'm in the back seat, they think I'm sleeping,
Am Am/G F7M
But I am listening for the cracks between their voices, in the dark,
Am Am/G F7M
We are a family, we are a shipwreck,
Am Am/G F7M Am Am/G F7M
And we are picking up my Grandma, who is getting... very old!
Dm ( F ) Am
And they think she's dying, but I think she's laughing,
( Am/G ) Dm ( F ) G
I think she's riding 'Halley's Comet', from Fort Lauderdale to here,
( G/B ) Dm ( F ) Am ( Am/G )
But when I see her, I'll keep her secret,
Dm ( F ) G G4 G
We all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves!
Am Am/G F7M
| / / / / | / / / / |
Am Am/G F7M
They built this airport, but in a few years...
Am Am/G F7M
...They'll name it after Kennedy, the one who died today,
Am Am/G F7M
And he will leave her, and she will suffer,
Am Am/G F7M Am Am/G F7M
And they will never really know each other... at---- all!
Dm ( F ) Am
They think we're driving, but I know we're drifting,
( Am/G ) Dm ( F ) G
They think we're off on some ad - venture, where the hero saves the day,
( G/B ) Dm ( F ) Am
We think we're special, we think we're golden,
( Am/G ) Dm ( F ) G G4 G
We think we're walking on the moon, but we are dancing in the dark!
Am Am/G F7M Am Am/G F7M
OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / |
Am Am/G F7M
We shoot our rockets, we shoot our presidents,
Am Am/G F7M
We shoot the commies, and the n*****s, and the Viet Cong,
Am Am/G F7M
Everything changes, everything stays the same,
Am Am/G F7M Am Am/G F7M
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes... touch----- down!
Am Am/G F7M Am Am/G F7M
| | : OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / : | | (Repeat)
(Suggestion for coda)
Am Am/G F7M G6 Am9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | |
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