Cmaj9: 0-0-2-0-2-0
Dm9: 2-2-3-2-3-x
Em9: 4-4-5-4-5-x
Fm9: 5-5-6-5-6-x
Gm9: 7-7-8-7-8-x
Am9: 9-9-10-9-10-x
Bm9: 11-11-12-11-12-0
* single down strum (typically in a split measure)
** slow arpeggio from 6th to 1st string, repeat once
Fretting suggestion: For higher pitched chords, use the index finger to barre 5th and 6th strings with
middle finger fretting 3rd string. Lightly mute 1st string with index finger for chords Dm9 to Am9.
Use ring and pinky on the 4th and 2nd strings, respectively for all chords.
[Intro]
Dm9 Cmaj9 Dm9 Cmaj9
Dm9 Em9 Fm9 Gm9
[Verse 1]
Dm9 Cmaj9
Four of us were having dinner
Dm9 Cmaj9
And I threw down the paper with a curse
Dm9 Em9
And my wife said "Complaining doesn't get it, you got to do something,
Fm9 Gm9
or you can bet it will get worse”
Dm9 Cmaj9
And my friend said "You've been watching
Dm9 Cmaj9
T.V. too much
Fm9* Em9* Dm9* Fm9 Gm9 Fm9* Gm9
And all that hippie hopefulness is just a crutch
Dm9 Cmaj9
But if thinking that way helps you
Dm9 Cmaj9
To make it through the night
Dm9 Em9 Gm9 Fm9* Gm9
Then who am I to say what's wrong and right?"
[Chorus]
Fm9 Gm9 Am9 Bm9
But I think we're passing through here kind of fast
Fm9 Em9 Am9 Gm9* Am9 Gm9*
Did you think these tracks in the dust would last?
Fm9 Gm9 Am9 Bm9
I think we're passing through here kind of fast
Fm9 Em9 Dm9
Did you think these tracks in the dust would last?
[Verse 2]
Dm9 Cmaj9
"So you think we all should just sit here
Dm9 Cmaj9
Maybe have another glass of wine
Dm9 Em9
While the world goes to hell, which you know damn well
Fm9 Gm9
it's going to do just down the line?"
Dm9 Cmaj9
And his lady said "I dunno, how can you be so sure
Dm9 Cmaj9
I mean, some things seem to get better
Fm9* Em9* Dm9* Em9
The hero still saves the damsel in distress
Gm9 Fm9* Gm9
The villan doesn't get her"
Dm9 Cmaj9
And I said "Where have you been living?
Dm9 Em9
I mean they're selling death in the streets, cheap
Fm9 Em9 Fm9 Gm9
And the lying politicians are rolling in the profits they reap"
Dm9 Cmaj9
And my friend said "He's right honey,
Dm9 Cmaj9
but I think it's always been that way"
Dm9 Em9 Fm9 Gm9
And he smiled kind of patiently and I knew he was going to say
[Chorus]
Fm9 Gm9 Am9 Bm9
But I think we're passing through here kind of fast
Fm9 Em9 Am9 Gm9* Am9 Gm9*
Did you think these tracks in the dust would last?
Fm9 Gm9 Am9 Bm9
I think we're passing through here kind of fast
Fm9 Em9 Dm9
Did you think these tracks in the dust would last?
[Otro]
Fm9 Gm9 Bm9**
I think we're passing through here kind of fast