Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
GMaj7 EmAdd9Emadd9
e|----------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------0--|
G+G|-------0-------0-------0----------| x2
D MajorD|-----4-------4-------4-------4----|
A augmentedA|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E MajorE|-3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0----|
Verse 1:
G+G E minorEm A minorAm B minorBm
The sidewalks are empty, the bars and cafes too
G+G E minorEm A minorAm D7D7
The streetlights only changing 'cause they ain't got nothing better to do
G+G E minorEm A minorAm D7D7
You say it's like Christmas when nobody's around
G+G E minorEm A minorAm D7D7
When our city was still a secret before those carpetbaggers came to town and
{Chorus]
C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F# E minorEm
The airports and train stations are full of desperate people
C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F# E minorEm
Trying to convince the gate agents that not all emergencies are equal
A minorAm C minorCm
But no one is going anywhere soon
Interlude:
GMaj7 EmAdd9Emadd9
e|----------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------0--|
G+G|-------0-------0-------0----------| x2
D MajorD|-----4-------4-------4-------4----|
A augmentedA|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E MajorE|-3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0----|
Verse 2:
G+G E minorEm A minorAm B minorBm
Inside the Safeway, it's like the Eastern Bloc
G+G E minorEm A minorAm D7D7
'Cause people have a way of getting crazy when they think they'll be dead in a month
G+G E minorEm A minorAm D7D7
But you like the silence of the wind through the trees
G+G E minorEm A minorAm D7D7
And I like walking beside you through these days of no guarantees and
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F# E minorEm
National Guard is on their way to protect us from our neighbors
C majorC D MajorD G+G G/F# E minorEm
And everyone who's tried to swim for it has drowned out past the breakers
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm Em/F# C majorC
The airports and train stations are full of desperate people
A minorAm C minorCm E minorEm A7A7
But no one is going anywhere soon
A minorAm C minorCm G+G
No one is going anywhere soon