Chords with lyrics
Key: A, G, E MajorE
Chords used:
D MajorD - xx0232
E MajorE - 022100
C majorC - x32010
A augmentedA - x02220
BB - x24442
Intro: D--E-- x4
Verse 1:
D MajorD
morning new disease
E MajorE
charcoal in bed
D MajorD
boansoaked anemic
E MajorE
listen in horror
C majorC
to the scraping of
D MajorD E MajorE
flatware and china
C majorC
and saran wrap
D MajorD E MajorE
to stifle libido
Verse 2:
D MajorD
air shaft sarcasm
their lives flung
E MajorE D MajorD
open sickness is
a time for hating
E MajorE
your neighbors
C majorC
in their milk flats
D MajorD
with five kids too
E MajorE C majorC
many having day
D MajorD
sex because they're
E MajorE
all daughters and
D MajorD
you're thinking
A augmentedA E MajorE
the same two things
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE E(hold)
over and over again
Chorus 1:
E MajorE
I am dreaming of a
BB
life and I am dreaming
of waking up there's
A augmentedA
this anger rising cancer
E MajorE
in me standing like a
BB
wall between the waking
world I seek and this
A augmentedA
infected plane of sleep
E MajorE D MajorD
love come like an axe
A augmentedA
to all this ice and
E MajorE
set me free there's
BB
a black rewarding
book beneath this
A augmentedA
stiff sheet if you
D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
look carefully
Verse 3:
D MajorD
noise police white
hearse tv air wave
E MajorE D MajorD
methadone diet
contact safe sex
E MajorE
antibiotics for
C majorC
your safety we've
D MajorD E MajorE
taken sharp objects
C majorC
it's their object
D MajorD E MajorE
to keep you from waking
Verse 4:
D MajorD
taste test serenade
E MajorE
we dig the grave
D MajorD
lose weight
astrologically
E MajorE
no money down
C majorC
for your enjoyment
D MajorD
we've excised the
E MajorE
dialogue for your
C majorC
protection we've
D MajorD E MajorE
installed this camera
D MajorD
just keep thinking
A augmentedA
the same clean
E MajorE
thoughts and keep
D MajorD A augmentedA
telling yourself
E MajorE E(hold)
it's alright
Chorus 2:
E MajorE
I am dreaming of a
BB
life and it's not
the life that's mine
A augmentedA
in a stolen car I
E MajorE
rocket west out past
that Jersey line and
BB
the robots in their
A augmentedA
riot gear glimmer
in my rearview mirror
E MajorE D MajorD
love came like an axe
A augmentedA
and had her way with
E MajorE
this coarse earth
BB
and a rich deserving
A augmentedA
book she was recovered
and understood
D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE (hold) D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD E(hold) E(hold)