Joe Citizen Blues


Son Volt - "Joe Citizen Blues" From the "Afterglow 61" EP Words and Music by Jay Farrar Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com) CAPO 2 Chords used (some names may be incorrect): D - 3230xx G - 330023 Asus2 - 03220x G/D - 330002 G6 - 33002x A6/7sus - 03045x A6/7* - 05005X Intro: verse chords He left his [D]drea[G]ms in the [Asus2]alley [G]Betrayed by [G/D]false [D]beliefs [G]Checks the [G/D]time on his [G6]watch again This world is [D]spinning into over[Asus2]drive [D]History is [G]happening [Asus2]now [G]Lessons of [G/D]abject [D]failure Do the [G]leaders [G/D]sleep while [G6]thousands die To [D]protect from weapons of [Asus2]imagination [A6/7sus] These Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues [A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues [A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour When [D]opportunity means [G]firing a [Asus2]gun [G]Looks A lot [G/D]like past Em[D]pires The [G]ruling [G/D]class doesn't [G6]fight the wars With stock [D]options and fortunes [Asus2]to be made More [D]reason for [G]hope in the [Asus2]future When this [G]present is [G/D]almost [D]past [G]Sweet black [G/D]crude and [G6]Red White and Blue May the [D]innocent find the [Asus2]answer [A6/7sus] To these Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues [A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues [A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour [A6/7sus] To these Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues [A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues [A6/7sus] Joe Citizen [A6/7*] blues And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour And the [D]world [Asus2]spins around with [G]head bowed down At one[D]thousand [Asus2] seventy [G]miles an hour [A6/7sus] [A6/7*] repeated, end on D