Congratulations

     G   F#/G   Em   D    C   B/C   
E|--3----2-----0---------0----0---
B|--0----0-----0----3----1----1---
G|--0----0-----0----2----0----0---
D|--0----0-----2----0----2--------
A|--2----------2---------3----2---
E|--3----2-----0------------------
  Am    G7    C7
E|-0-----1------0---| 
B|-1-----0------1---| 
G|-2-----0------3---| 
D|-2-----0------2---| 
A|-0-----2------3---| 
E|-------3----------| 

(verse is just a simple chord 
progression)

(verse 1)

G   F#/G        Em     D
    Dead in the water
C          B/C      Am
It's not a paid vacation
G      F#/G       Em           
    The sons and daughters of 
D       C
city officials
 B/C          Am
Attend demonstrations
G       F#/G      Em        D
    It's hardly a sink or swim
     C         B/C       Am
When all is well if the ticket sells

(break 1) G  F#/G  Em  D  C  B/C  Am
  Am

(verse 2)
G   F#/G       Em    D
    Out with a wimper
C          B/C      Am
It's not a blaze of glory
G           F#/G            Em
    You look down from your temple
Continúa después del anuncio
   D        C        B/C     
As people endeavor to make it a 
    Am
story
G       F#/G     Em      D
    And chisel a marble word
    C        B/C         Am
But all is lost if it's never heard

(break 2) G   C7   G   G7

(chorus)
C
But I've got someone to make reports
D
That tell me how my money's spent
C
To book my stays and draw my
 blinds
D
So I can't see what's really there
D
And all I need's a great big 
congratulations

( G  F#/G  Em  D  C  B/C  Am  Am )

(just repeat for the rest of the 
song)

(verse 3)
I'll keep your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems
I'd rather dissolve than have you 
ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast

(break 1)

(verse 4)
The difference is clear
You throw it in your cauldron
Rust and veneer, dusk and dawn
Steinways and Baldwins
You start with a simple stock of all
 the waste
And salt to taste

(break 2)

(chorus 2)
But damn my luck and damn 
these friends
That keep on combing back their 
smiles
I save my grace with half-assed 
guilt
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
Spread my arms and soak up 
congratulations