On The Range chords by Libby Decamp

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Bb D Gm
Bb D Gm
Cm F Bb Gm
Dm Cm Bb

Verse 1:
    Bb          D                  Gm
The bile in the rain dissolves the home on the range
     Bb      D        Gm
Destination: fork and plate
Bb Cm         F               Bb       Gm
  A tendon in all, we wouldn’t dare to pull
   Dm                     Cm
Prepared for gripe and delay

Interlude:
Bb

Verse 2:
Bb          D           Gm
This is the year of the balded gear
        Bb      D       Gm
And the sureness of the blade
Bb Cm              F       Bb        Gm
     Move down the line by undoubted design
     Dm                    Cm
Each person, a link in the chain

Interlude:
Bb

Chorus:
        Bb              Gm
And the tails no longer sway
        Bb                 Gm
And the grass is no longer grazed
    Bb         Dm            Gm
For who’d ever think to give thanks to
    Cm          F
The born to be aborted

Interlude:
Bb D Gm
Bb D Gm

Verse 3:
Bb        D             Gm
One dirty peak and it's all we need
  Bb             D              Gm
A whiff from the trucks as they pass
Bb Cm          F       Bb        Gm
   Meet at the gate of anaerobic fate
Dm                      Cm
Just how long will this last?

Interlude:
Bb

Verse 4:
     Bb       D           Gm
They come out billions in number
    Bb        D        Gm
Incubated and casually plundered
Bb Cm          F         Bb       Gm
   None bear a name, nor hold any claim
     Dm                    Cm
To a life, stripped of all wonder

Interlude:
Bb

Chorus:
        Bb              Gm
And the tails no longer sway
        Bb                 Gm
And the grass is no longer grazed
    Bb         Dm            Gm
For who’d ever think to give thanks to
    Cm          F
The born to be aborted

Interlude:
Bb Gm Bb Gm Bb Gm Dm
C# C#6 C# C# C#6 C#

Bridge:
C#  C#6 C#            C#6 C#
I cannot describe the cry
     G#6
That lies beneath barcode lines
G#
Driven into green homeland
  G#m
Responsible for weakening
    D#m            Bb
Our once-efficient hand

Interlude:
Bb F#6 Bb F#6 G#6 F#6
Bb F#6 Bb F#6 G#6 F#6

Verse 5:
Bb          D           Gm
What is the cost of the living lost?
Bb             D                 Gm
Deeper in each decade, questions growing
    Bb6  Bb         D
But I’ve figured it out
        Gm
It is relieved by doubt
         D               Gm
But I’ll shout within my knowing
       D               Gm
I will shout within my knowing