Key: A, G, E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D - xx0232
E - 022100
C - x32010
A - x02220
B - x24442
Intro: D--E-- x4
Verse 1:
D
morning new disease
E
charcoal in bed
D
boansoaked anemic
E
listen in horror
C
to the scraping of
D E
flatware and china
C
and saran wrap
D E
to stifle libido
Verse 2:
D
air shaft sarcasm
their lives flung
E D
open sickness is
a time for hating
E
your neighbors
C
in their milk flats
D
with five kids too
E C
many having day
D
sex because they're
E
all daughters and
D
you're thinking
A E
the same two things
D A E E(hold)
over and over again
Chorus 1:
E
I am dreaming of a
B
life and I am dreaming
of waking up there's
A
this anger rising cancer
E
in me standing like a
B
wall between the waking
world I seek and this
A
infected plane of sleep
E D
love come like an axe
A
to all this ice and
E
set me free there's
B
a black rewarding
book beneath this
A
stiff sheet if you
D E D E
look carefully
Verse 3:
D
noise police white
hearse tv air wave
E D
methadone diet
contact safe sex
E
antibiotics for
C
your safety we've
D E
taken sharp objects
C
it's their object
D E
to keep you from waking
Verse 4:
D
taste test serenade
E
we dig the grave
D
lose weight
astrologically
E
no money down
C
for your enjoyment
D
we've excised the
E
dialogue for your
C
protection we've
D E
installed this camera
D
just keep thinking
A
the same clean
E
thoughts and keep
D A
telling yourself
E E(hold)
it's alright
Chorus 2:
E
I am dreaming of a
B
life and it's not
the life that's mine
A
in a stolen car I
E
rocket west out past
that Jersey line and
B
the robots in their
A
riot gear glimmer
in my rearview mirror
E D
love came like an axe
A
and had her way with
E
this coarse earth
B
and a rich deserving
A
book she was recovered
and understood
D E D E (hold) D E D E(hold) E(hold)
and I awoke