Buffalo 1981 chords by Haley Heynderickx

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Eb

Intro:


Eb

Verse 3:
Eb                              Ab           Eb
Hungry people want food, so the wealthy make committees
                                          Bb
And they say things like, "The problem is single-parent families"
        Eb
And the parents they imprison weren't gonna be good anyway
                                      Bb
And the parents they employ should be grateful when they're paid

Chorus:
         Cm              Ab                 Cm              Bb
From the redwoods to the Gulf Stream to the buffalo roaming between

Verse 2:
    Eb                         Ab         Eb
You told me that the president fired your mom
                                      Bb
And a bunch of other labor lawyers in 1981
         Eb                              Ab         Eb
You were touched with all the radiance a sudden sun discloses
                       Bb
Circulating roses with air traffic controllers
        Eb                                 Ab             Eb
Now the same parade's been happening, been going back and forth
                                          Bb
We could've made protected classes of the masses of the poor

Chorus:
         Cm              Ab                 Cm              Bb
From the redwoods to the Gulf Stream to the buffalo roaming between

Verse 3:
     Eb                           Ab           Eb
This scarcity, this poverty, this apple on the dappled tree
                           Bb
Is eaten by somebody using someone else's teeth
     Eb                         Ab          Eb
This dripping spit, hit-or-miss debtor lord wilderness
                                 Bb
Cats with the tails snipped that wail when the wind shifts
        Bb7
You can buy a body, sell a body, build a body store
                        Eb
The USA hates you being poor

Interlude:

Eb Ab Eb Bb7
Ab Eb Bb7 Ab7
Bb7 Ab7 Fm7 Eb

Verse 4:
          Eb                                    Ab  Eb
There's a lot that's getting through the walls
          Eb                              Bb
There's a wolfing of the warbler's calls
             Eb                                Ab            Eb
When you're looking at your feet and there's a tremor in the land
       Eb                                   Bb7
Of the lives that came before, that you may never understand

Chorus:
           Cm                 Ab
Though you listen, though you try
         Cm                Bb7
That old diamond, that old sky

Outro:
Eb                                      Ab              Eb
Nothing comes from nothing, but there's nowhere else to start
                                         Bb7
There's a raven in the rafters, and he's aiming for your heart
          Bb7
There's a way of congregating where you give someone your hand
             Bb7
And keep the other one wide open for whoever else comes in
          Bb7
There's a song worth singing when somebody's at your door
       Bb7                                       Eb
When I say, "This is mine, " what I mean is it's yours