Pinecones

G                           D
Hands up if life is getting stressful
    G                                D
And shout if you are saddened by the news
G
I need some tips to cope,
     D
some data or some anecdotes,
       C                   D              G
'cause right now nothing's workin' for my blues

G                           D
Sometimes I deal by playing music
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and sometimes I relax by reading books
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Sometimes I go downtown,
D
climb a tree and don't come down
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and throw a bunch of pinecones at people

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A crowd has formed around my tree,
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just out of reach, and the police have
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blocked the street on every side
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But no one can climb it and
  D
I think its 'cause they know I have
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a pinecone here for everyone who tries

[Chorus]
        Am                     C
I yell: I'm gonna live to be a hundred
Am                        C
I'm gonna see them cure disease
     Am
Then I'm gonna watch them
      C
go to war over the royalties so
Em              D              C
if you need me, I'll be in the tree
Em              D              G
If you need me, I'll be in the tree

[Verse 2]

G                                D
There's several cameras pointed up into my tree
             G                                      D
it seems the world's concerned with what I might do next…
         G
Throwing pinecones at photographers
     D
from up here in this conifer
     C              D              G
like Tarzan getting scouted by the Mets

[Chorus]

      Am                     C
Yeah, I'm gonna live to be a thousand
    Am                          C
Got robot arms and run on robot feet
    Am
Got robot legs and robot head
       C
and my robot ass don't know it yet but
Em            D               C
I'd be better off back in the tree
Em                 D              G
So if you need me, I'll be in the tree…

[Bridge]

'Cause no one's asking what would drive me up this pine
      D
Is it protest? Am I being paid to preach or advertise?
    Em
No, this non-deciduous decision was all mine
         C
You can show a horse the ropes

but no, you cannot make him climb

         G
And this tree's a makeshift metaphor and I prefer to think
           D
I'm just a stressed out Christmas ornament

who needs some space to breathe
           Em
And if the camera crews and crowded streets

and dozens of police
       C
are my endless pressures manifested down below my tree
          G
Then this giant stack of pinecones…
             D                                  Em
They are the lame and immature ways I deal with them
             C
But also how satisfying it is to do so...
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To dome one... when they're not looking... yeah

[Chorus]

Am                     C
I'm gonna live to be a million
Am                                 C
Longer than the flowers, birds and bees
    Am
but if I start to come undone,
     C
make like a tree and hug someone
Em        D                C
Everybody needs a place to breathe
     Em             D             G
just recognize when it is time to leave

[Otro]

Am                         C
I'm probably gonna live forever
    Am                               C
but should I die (and that may be preferred)
Am
take me out and bury me
    C
and plant a tree right over me
   Em             D              C
so I may help someone escape the world
      Em             D              G
Yeah, I may help someone escape the world