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The trick is in the time changes; the verses are in 5/4,
the bridge and chorus in 3/4. (The chords are easier than they look.)
This is slightly modified from a songbook version. D7+ is D7
augmented, i.e. with a sharped 5th: xx0312. The book has it with a
Bb in the bass--D7+5/A#, or x10312--which I find a pain to play.
G = 320003
C = x32010
C/D = xx0010
Bm = x24432
D7+ = xx0312 or x10312
Am7 = x02010
D = xx0232
D/F# = 200232
G/B = x20003
A = x02220
D/E = 000232
C(9) = x32030
INTRO (and verse riff) in 5/4, like this: G G G C C/D G G G C C/D
SOL DO DO/RE SOL
Lives in a little lonely town
DO DO/RE SOL DO DO/RE SOL DO DO/RE
No one's around, except for the drinking
SOL DO DO/RE SOL
Nobody ever gets a - round
C C/D G C C/D G C (rhythm change)
But those who leave the township sinking
(C) SIm RE7+ LAm7 RE
BRIDGE: May you rot in heaven
SIm RE7+ LAm7 RE
Got to be home by seven
SOL RE/FA# MIm
CHORUS: And the field burns away
DO SOL/SI LAm
The sky breathes it in
RE SOL
So why sit and wait
C G D G C C/D (back to verse rhythm)
For the new world to begin?
I'm coming out across your borders
With new orders for you to take
I'd really like to take out your daughter
Down by the water, down by the lake
BRIDGE: When the cold water's on her skin
I can feel how long it's been
CHORUS: And the neighbors will all be there
And no one will know what to wear
So why sit and wait
For the new world to begin?
INSTRUMENTAL: follows chords of next verse
I got a lot I got to do
Just to get through the end of the day
LA RE RE/MI LA
It hardly ever e-ven happens
RE RE/MI RE DO(9)
But I go to sleep the same anyway
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: Bm D7+ Am7 D
CHORUS: And you can't believe in yourself
You can't believe in anyone else
So why sit and wait
For the new world to begin?
OUTRO: Verse chords, end on G
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