[Intro]
(x2)
E
[Verse 1]
(On E chords lift your ring finger from the D string on upstroke to get the D-E transition sound)
E
Found these in a box at the bus stop
E
My name's at the bottom
E
But I'm nowhere to be found
E
I really get around they say
E
So I take these sightless creatures home
E
Then I fear them so to tremble
F
For I'm no mother, I
E
Just some random defender
[Chorus 1]
E
I remember running chest high
F
In the steppe grass
C
At the dawn of man
D
When we got along
C
I remember running chest high
D
In the steppe grass
Bb
At the dawn of man
Am
When we got along
[Verse 2]
C F
C G
C
We raced along the ground
F
I chased it out of town
C
The sun's the meanest easy target
G
That I know
C
We played a tender game
F
Of kissing cobra tag
C
We slept astride our horses
G
Tied fast in their manes
C
C
My friend would touch my face
F
And leave a star or two
C
The years left constellations
G
Of our wild language
C
What drove the sun away
F
I'm far too small to know
C
A gaslight's winter
G
Marches on refinery legs
C
[Transition]
C D
What can I tell you now?
C D
It sped away along the canal
Am
And drummed mosquito clouds
D
From their dens of hot tires for miles
Am
And drummed mosquito clouds
D
From their dens of hot tires for miles
[Chorus 2]
E
I remember running chest high
F
In the steppe grass
C
At the dawn of man
C
I remember running chest high
D
In the steppe grass
Bb
At the dawn of man
Am
When we got along
[Outro]
Am
Oh, petroleum
Am
You're the top predator now
D
Sovereign, lover, liar
C
But you're uninspired too
F
According to your anthem, you
Am
Oh, petroleum
Am
You're the top predator now
D
And I am just desire
C
One dirty diamond
D
Some random defender
C
I sold my flesh that I might die
D
So the world will spin
D
And my cubs won't cry
C D
I have to be the sun for them
F
Oh, petroleum
Ab
You are beautiful
Am D5
But so am I
Am
I'm a dirty diamond
D5
Lying looking at the sky
Am
I'm a dirty diamond
D5
Lying looking at the sky