Note: occasionally on the Cadd9 chords an extra note is added to make it go from x32030
x32031 and then back again. also during the "and special occasions..." part of the verse
is a discordant chord shift but just alter the Dsus2 chord briefly from x00230 to x00330
then back again.
Intro
Dsus2 Cm
e|-------------------------------------------------------------5--|
B|-3--3---3-----3--3--3--3---3----3--3--3--3---3----3--3---4---4--|
G|-2----0----0--2-----2----0---0--2-----2----0---0--2------5---5--|
D|-0------------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0------5---5--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
Dsus2
you can have washington i'll take new jersey
Cadd9
you can have london but i want new york city
Dsus2
i should get providence i've got a job now
Cadd9
los angeles - obvious - that's where you belong now
(continue chords as above)
you can have africa asia australia
as long as you keep your hands off cafe pamplona
we can split germany right down the middle
you'd hate it there anyway
take berlin and well call it even
you can take all of the carry-on baggage
i'll trade the saskia jokes for the alphabet language
and special occasions we'll split between parents
who forced us to hate them on alternating weekends
Dsus
you call it over and i call you psycho, significant other?
Cadd9
just say we were lovers and we'll call it even
F G Dsus2
we'll call it even
Chorus/Refrain
Gm Bb
i am the ground zero ex-friend you ordered
F Dsus2
disgused as a hero to get past your borders
Gm Bb
i know when i'm wanted i'll leave when you ask me to
F Dsus2
mind my own business and speak when i'm spoken to
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Gm Bb
i am the tower around which you orbited
F Dsus2
i am not proud i am just taking orders
Gm Bb
i fall to the groud within hours of impact
F Cm
i hit back if hit and attack if attacked
Verse 2
Dsus2
you get route 2 between concord and lexington
Cadd9
i want mass ave from the sqaure to my apartment
Dsus2
and if we should meet through some misunderstanding
Cadd9
ill be very sweet very patient and forgiving
Cm
(now get off my side of the state)
Dsus2
and if we should see one another in passing
Cadd9
despite these techniques there is sometimes no avoiding
Cm
(there must be some kind of mistake)
Dsus2
we'll raise high our white flags and bow heads and shake hands
Cadd9
declaring the land we're on unamerican we'll call it even
F G Dsus2
we'll call it even
Chorus/Refrain
Gm Bb
i am the tower around which you orbited
F Dsus2
i am not proud i am just taking orders
Gm Bb
i fall to the groud within hours of impact
F Cm
i hit back if hit and attack if attacked
Gm Bb
i am an accident waiting to happen
F Dsus2
i'm laughing like mad as you strangle the captain
Gm Bb
my place may be taken, but make no mistake
F Cm
from a little black black box i can say without shame
Cm Cm
that you've lost, that you've lost, do you know what you've lost?
Outro
G
so take whatever you'd like
Bb
i'll strike like the States on fire
F
you won't sleep very tight
C
no hiding no safe covers
G
make your bed and now lie
Bb
just like you always do
F
you can fake it for the papers
C
but i'm on to you, i'm on to you
G
so take whatever you'd like
Bb
i'll strike like the States on fire
F
you won't sleep very tight
C
no hiding no safe covers
G
make your bed and now lie
Bb
just like you always do
F
you can fake it for the papers
C
but i'm on to you, i'm on to you, i'm on to you, i'm on to you!
Dsus2 Cmin repeated to end
