This is an acoustic version played by Joel with his father, Bill, at Berkeley Church in Works well and is way easier than the Drop D version tabbed from the CD. Beautiful song. somebody could tab Bill's fills. You can see/hear it at second song on the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB31K10E28k Standard tuning Intro: C Am G G F C Am G G F Verse: C Am F G The air was getting heavy, I knew that it was coming C Am F G So I started up my Chevy, to keep the motor runnin' C A F G A storm came down upon us, and flooded all the rivers C Am F G Surrounded by pirahnas, and the doctors who deliver PRECHORUS: F Am Dm Anything that you require F Am G Now the fields are all on fire G And I'm calling down the wire CHORUS C G Am F La de da ... de da de da, batten down the hatches, Becky, C G Am F Open up the earth and sky. . . , waiting on a natural disaster C G Am F Sitting out on my front porch, watching storm clouds moving faster C G F Like a natural disaster G F C Am G G F C Am G G F VERSE 2: C Am F G With a hurricane between us, I saw it on the TV C Am F G I went down to Pheonix, and made my La De Da CD PRECHORUS: F Am Dm And nobody got paid F Am G Just like the good old days G You could waste your life away CHORUS C G Am F La de da ... de da de da, batten down the hatches, Becky, C G Am F Open up the earth and sky. . . , waiting on a natural disaster C G Am F Sitting out on my front porch, watching storm clouds moving faster C G F Like a natural disaster G F C Am G G F C Am G G F VERSE 3: C Am F G I left Nova Scotia, and headed down the coast C Am F G I tore a strip off Memphis, before I levelled Roanoake C Am F G I punished Pecos County, and headed for Las Crusades C Am F G Anyone around me, will be covered in my bruises PRECHORUS: F Am Dm You want something to remember me by F Am G You can write my name in the sky G And sing la de da CHORUS C G Am F La de da ... de da de da, batten down the hatches, Becky, C G Am F Open up the earth and sky. . . , waiting on a natural disaster C G Am F Sitting out on my front porch, watching storm clouds moving faster C G F Like a natural disaster C G F I'm a natural disaster G F C Am G G F C Am G G F C
