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--------------------------


The verse is just a simple chord 
progression:

*Note: The chords are pretty much 
above the exact syllables
       of each lyric.


[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
Continues after the ad
C          B/C      Am
It's not a blaze of glory
G           F#/G            Em
    You look down from your temple
   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