Tom: C
Intro: C F7 Am G (x2)
C F7 Am
Now you analyze
G C F7 Am G
Take a breath and turn your back
C F7 Am
Now you look me in the eyes
G C F7 Am G
Sit me down and paint me black
F7 Em
What you wanted to find
F7 C G
All bound up inside your head
Am F7 C F7 Am G
Oh you were just some old idea I had
C F7 Am
Now you're singing in the subway
G C F7 Am G
Spilling onions from your mouth
C F7 Am
Now you're lying in the hallway
G C F7 Am G
Trying to sink into the ground
F7 Em
Telling stories to a screen
F7 C G
Making signals of yourself
F7 Em C F7 Am G
Oh you were just some old idea I found
C F7 Am G
C F7 Am
Now you're diving to the depths
G C F7 Am G
Of the rubble of a storm
C F7 Am
Raise your hand up in a fist
G C F7 Am G
Throw a chain across the door
F7 Em
Were you lying when you said
F7 C G
We would settle all these scores
F7 Em C F7 Am G
Oh you were just some old idea I wore
C F7 Am
Now you're chasing after tyrants
G C F7 Am G
Beating drums and throwing stones
C F7 Am
Giving substance to the silence
G C F7 Am G
Of your well-appointed home
F7 G6
Giving comfort to the guilty
C F7
With every well-intentioned blow
Am F7 C C/A C/B C
Oh you were just some old idea I know
