Burning City Smoke


Capo - 1st Fret F#m - X-10-12-12-11-10 A 40 million refugees D E A with no place on this earth to call their home A one for every aimless graduate D E A with nothing else to show for it but loans D A And those of us who make a mark E A use someone else's blood D A Our western stain won't wash away E A won't vanish in the flood Bm A It goes deeper through each hurricane D E Bm A and tidal wave and war C#m F#m We want everything we see Bm E A and once it's gone we just want more A Atlas had those shoulders D E A We've got Ambien and Jamesons and blow A to bind us in a bubble D E A keep the newsprint nightmare distant and remote D A But when we wake in guillotines E A And pitch our screaming fits D A When the governors strikes up the band E A And gags our parted lips Bm A When the worst case shows up dressed and dazzling, D E Bm A Ready for the ball C#m F#m Boy, that bubbles bound to burst, Bm E A And what a tragic way to fall A The tabloids tell us hate the rat that D E A Strikes those subways closed and puts you out A D Forgot those 50 hour tunnel weeks inhaling E A Steel dust poison through his mouth D A Well if he don’t deserve a pension that E A Makes his family feel secure D A If we're now so disconnected E A it's our reflections we ignore Bm And if our constant choices A D E Bm A skim and pass the writing on the wall C#m F#m Then, I'm sad to say we're lost Bm E A and I'm embarrassed for us all Just play that same pattern over until the end of the song...