Key: F Intro: N.C. Yeah, yeah, yeah Verse 1: C Signs point in every direction, advertising a one-night heaven C Got no clue what's driving us C F Am F G Blind as hell and burning up with your love Verse 2: C
Practice my practical math and hide in the van while I'm counting the cashbox C F Am F G Beads of sweat falling one by one at a Valero station in the California sun Verse 3: C Denver to Salt Lake, nine-hour drive C With a breakdown in Rawlins, stuck at the diner Am Keep one eye on the time zone changes G Two weeks to go and it feels like ages Verse 4: F e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|----------------------------3-3-| D|------------------------2-2-----| A|------------1-1-3-3-5-5---------| E|1-1-3-3-5-5---------------------| Dm Bb Dm Bb F Dm Bb Dm Bb F "We should start a band, lose all touch with the real world" Dm Bb Dm Bb F "Good luck with that, man " Dm Bb Dm Bb And that was the start of a major catastrophe Verse 5: C Stuck in the smallest greenroom! C No way out except through the main room C F Am F G An hour to kill with the shirts on our back, four dead phones, and a cigarette packet Verse 6: C Hear ye discouraged workers C You who hurt and don't deserve it Am Time is short and life is rough G F C But you've still got the weekend to bury the pearls of your love Chorus: C Am Dm If you think you're unworthy of life F C If you're tired of just playing nice Am Dm If you're looking for one light of hope F Amidst the pile of bones C Am Well you can come with us tonight Dm F C Maybe you can recognize it as somewhere close to home Instrumental: C Verse 7: C Is it the sickness or you that's talking? C Is it the sickness or you that's talking? C Did it leave a stain on the upholstery? C Are you still breathing? Can you hear my heart beat? C Is my love true? Are you still afraid of me? C Is my love true? Are you still afraid of me? C Can you make it work? Is this kind of dumb? C Does it put the ram in the ramalamadingdong? C Is the exit soon? Is there a problem, officer? Caug Is the exit soon? Is there a problem, officer? C Did I hear it wrong? Am I stating the obvious? Caug Can you hear it now Won't you tell me what time it is? C Is the accusation from you or the sickness? Caug Is the accusation from you or the sickness? C Is it OPD? Is it just your opinion? Caug Does it give hope to the starving millions? Instrumental: F | F | Dm Bb | Dm Bb : x4 C | Bb Am | G F | G F : x2 Verse 8: C I've driven through the desert of irony Bb Am Driven all around and I've seen a great many G F Bones, dry bones in American towns G F Bones, dry bones in American towns C Kids who don't know why they bleed Bb Am Because they couldn't meet their parents' needs G F They are bones, dry bones in American towns G F Bones, dry bones in American towns C G Will you restore these parts to holiness? Bb Am G F G F This thick head, this broken heart, these bones C G We could be alive in the here and now Bb Am But only if you show us how G F These bones, dry bones are gonna walk around G F These bones, dry bones in American towns G F These bones, dry bones in Cincinnati, Maple Valley, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas, Kansas City Verse 9: N.C. Ran out in any direction One more time to reach perfection Got no clue what's driving us C Blind as hell and burning up with your love Chorus: C Am Dm If you think you're unworthy of life F C If you're tired of just playing nice Am Dm If you're looking for one light of hope F Inside the last days of Rome C Am Well you can come with us tonight Dm Maybe you can recognize F There's still some life inside these Outro: C These bones, dry bones in American towns C Bones, dry bones in American towns C These bones, dry bones in American towns C Bones, dry bones in American towns
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