Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

 Let me shout its common cause for things to fall apart

 For radicals to ruin all that's right

I don't mean to flout the laws of government or heart

I just don't want to lose your eyes

Chorus

 Wait for the ocean-bottled news

 Fly-bys and radio balloons

We will sing of lesser traits

 and play them for the magistrate

 In groups of four or eight or twelve

 Until they say "we might as well"

Verse 2

Grocery stores and cannonballs

Line up on my list of things I'll remember when I'm old

Water towers and Mid-west plains still in the abyss

Left unseen 'til we're further up the road

Chorus

Wait for the static stat airwaves

Land-locked ocean-side parades

We will bring our new debates

And sing them for the magistrate

In groups of four or eight or twelve

Until they say "we might as well"

Hey, hey, hey, we might as well

Play the Intro:

Bridge

 These days are not fast

 Times will not last

 So they say, but I'm having trouble believing

Try to settle soft in the canopy we've lost

 As you dance and sway and kiss with Costa Ricans

 These days are not fast

 Times will not last

 So they say, but I'm having trouble believing

 Try to settle soft in the canopy we've lost

 You are getting all you can from my hurting, from my hurting

Outro

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In the live he plays the C chord with the G note on the e string.