Taking Alcatraz

INTRO:  D  Dsus4 D   Bm A G  G   D  Dsus4 D


VERSE:
D                   Dsus4   D
So Richard Oaks gave  me a call
                    Bm  A       G
From San Francisco late in the fall
                    D   Dsus4 D
He said it's going down

D
He said we're gonna take the island
     Dsus4 D         Dsus2      D
As a monument to the smallpox blankets
        Bm
And the bureaucrats
 A                    G
All you got to do is come along
 G                 D     Dsus4 D
You catch a bus tomorrow

           G
And if we die there
                             D    Dsus4 D
Well at least we'll make a choice
          G
If we're fine there
                 A   Asus2 A  Asus2
We can tell the boys


CHORUS:
        A
That a line in the sand
       G                    D Dsus4 D
Don’t matter you don’t care
        A                    G
That a bird in the hand is worthless
             D     Dsus4  D
You're too scared


INSTRUMENTAL:   D   Bm A G  G   D  Dsus4 D


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VERSE:
     D               Dsus4      D
So clear my name and clear my throat
                   Bm     A    G
Find my voice and here we go again
                    D   Dsus4 D
I need a place to stand

        D                             Dsus2
I hear sirens down the street from the 3rd shift bar
          D                    Bm           A
I'm gonna  park my car in the painted off place
           G
Where the bikers park
                  D   Dsus4  D
See what happens then

          G
And if I die here
                         D    Dsus4  D
Well at least I made a choice
         G                             A   Asus2 A  Asus2
If I'm fine here just please tell the boys


CHORUS:
        A                      G
That a line in the sand don’t matter
Bm           D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
You dont care
        A                   G
That a bird in the hand is worthless
 Bm          D
You're too scared


VERSE:
     D
My friends keep calling
  Dsus2      D
I don’t pick up
       D
I got nothing to say
        Bm         A          G
That I can’t just make up anyway
                          D   Dsus4  D
I've got all this shit to do

  D                          A Asus4
I've turned you off on the radio
   D                       Bm    A
I turn around and it's in a TV show
             G
I turn that off too
                   D       Dsus4  D
I remember when I knew you

            G
And if I'm fine here
                 D    Dsus4  D
Well I made my choice
      G
If I die here
                      A   Asus2 A  Asus2
Please just tell the boys


CHORUS:
        A                      G
That a line in the sand don’t matter
Bm           D   Dsus4  D
You don't care
        A                    G
That a bird in the hand is worthless
 Bm          D    Dsus4  D
You're too scared


OUTRO:
        A                      G
That a line in the sand don’t matter
Bm           D   Dsus4  D
You don't care
        A                   G
That a bird in the hand is worthless
 Bm          D
You're too scared