Difficulty
Intermediate πͺ
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Intro:
A5 B5 (x3)
Verse 1:
A B
Me and the vivid girl
A B
in our hammock to the stars
A B
staring into the fire before TV,
A B
the remote-control's on Mars
A B A B
Verse 2:
A B
In the dope of the pigment,
A B
in a poetic state of mind
A B
in a flood of country,
A B
we lay down to kill some time
B
Bridge:
B
And we spoke languidly
A E
of the Northern Bee
B
and collecting dewdrops for tea
A E
underneath the cannonball tree
A B A B
Verse 3:
A B
We were high, we were sherpa high
A B
We conspired against old friends
A B
We said we must be friends or die
A B
And we've died a thousand times since then
B
Bridge:
B
And we spoke long, at length
A E
Of the fight or flee
B A
And of nothing in particularly
E
Underneath the cannonball tree
A B (x4)
Bridge:
B A
We spoke offhandedly
E
Of the new extremes
B A
And of nothing in particularly
E F# E F# E F# E
Underneath the cannonball tree
F# A E F# E
We're at the point where we love or hate it
F# A E F# E
We can write it down and obliterate it
F# A E F# E
When we're at the point when we neither love nor hate it
F# A E F# E
We can lay down and obliterate it
F# E (x8)
End
Song History
Published: April 29, 2026
Last Updated: April 29, 2026