Tom: F
Tabbed by Seb the Koala
Intro riff--
e -0---0---0-----0-----------------1-
B -1---------3-----3---1-----1-----1-
G -2-----------------------2-------2- F / C / G / Am
D -2---------------------------3---3- /
A ----------------------------------- /
E -----------------------------------/
Verse (Am F C F C G Em Am)
Am F C
Washed my face in the rivers of empire
F C G
Made my bed from the cardboard crate
Em Am
Down in the city of courts
Verse (Am F C F C G Em Am)
Am F C
No news, no new regrets
F C G
Tossed a susan b over my shoulder
F Em Dm
And prayed it would rain and rain
F Em Dm
Submerge the whole western state
Chorus (C F C F Em Am)
C F
Called a last fair deal
C F
With an american zeal
Em Am
and corporate handshake
Verse (Am F C F C G Em Am)
Am F C
take the story of carpenter mike
F C G
Who dropped his tools and his keys and left
F Em Dm
And headed out as far as he could
F Em Dm
Past the city and gayday neighbourhoods
C F
And he slept 'neath the stars
C F
Wrote down what he dreamt
C F Em Am
And he built a machine for no-one to see
G F C
and took flight first light of new morning
