Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE D MajorD x4
Verse:
D MajorD E MajorE
Reconnaissance on the corner
D MajorD E MajorE
In the old world not so far
D MajorD E MajorE
First we took an airplane
D MajorD E MajorE
Then a boat to Zanzibar
A augmentedA
Queen cranking on the blaster
And Mercury did rise
E MajorE
Come along where we all belonged
You were yours and I was mine
Instrumental:
E MajorE
Chorus:
C majorC A augmentedA E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA
Had to quick escape
E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA
Had to quick escape
Instrumental:
E MajorE D MajorD x4
Verse:
D MajorD E MajorE
Crossed the border to Morocco
D MajorD E MajorE
Kashmir then Marrakesh
D MajorD E MajorE
The lengths we had to go to then
D MajorD E MajorE
To find a place Trump hadn’t fucked up yet
A augmentedA
Living life on the back porch
Lifting rocks to make a wage
E MajorE
Every sunset paid attention to
Not a starry night went to waste
Chorus:
C majorC A augmentedA E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA
Had to quick escape
E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA
Had to quick escape
E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA E MajorE
Had to quick escape
Instrumental:
C majorC A augmentedA E MajorE x3
E MajorE
Bridge:
E MajorE
And here we are, the red planet
Craters across the skyline
A augmentedA sleep sack in a bivouac
And a Kerouac sense of time
C majorC A augmentedA
And we think about the old days
C majorC A augmentedA
Of green grass, sky and red wine
E MajorE
Shouldn’t known so fragile
And avoided this one-way flight
Chorus:
C majorC A augmentedA E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA
Had to quick escape
E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA
Had to quick escape
E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA E MajorE
Had to quick escape
Outro:
E MajorE
C majorC A augmentedA E MajorE x12