G = 320003
C = x32010
C/D = xx0010
Bm = x24432
D7+ = xx0312 or x10312
Am7 = x02010
D = xx0232
D/F# = 200232
G/B = x20003
A = x02220
D/E = 000232
Cadd9 = x32030
INTRO (and verse riff) in 5/4:
G G G C C/D G G G C C/D
G C C/D G
Lives in a little lonely town
C C/D G C C/D G C C/D
No one's around, except for the drinking
G C C/D G
Nobody ever gets a - round
C C/D G C C/D G C (rhythm change)
But those who leave the township sinking
(C) Bm D7+ Am7 D
BRIDGE: May you rot in heaven
Bm D7+ Am7 D
Got to be home by seven
G D/F# Em
CHORUS: And the field burns away
C G/B Am
The sky breathes it in
D G
So why sit and wait
C G D
For the perfect new world
G C C/D (back to verse rhythm)
to begin?
I'm coming out across your borders
With new orders for you to take
I'd really like to take out your daughter
Down by the water, down by the lake
BRIDGE: When the cold water's on her skin
I can feel how long it's been
CHORUS: And the neighbors will all be there
And no one will know what to wear
So why sit and wait
For the perfect new world to begin?
INSTRUMENTAL: follows chords of next verse
I got a lot I got to do
Just to get through the end of the day
A D D/E A
It hardly ever e-ven happens
D D/E D Cadd9
But I go to sleep the same anyway
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE:
Cadd9/B Cadd9/Bb Cadd9/A D
CHORUS: And you can't believe in yourself
You can't believe in anyone else
So why sit and wait
For the perfect new world to begin?