Key:
Introduction:
C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Am
F
C
G
Dm
E
Em
Intro: Am---G x3, F--E(hold)
Verse 1:
Am
You sold your soul to stay afloat
F Em Am
they raised the stakes to watch you fold
locked the doors and tapped the phones
F Em
and you just fled to Mexico
Dm F
No one's gonna fix all your mistakes
Dm C E
Dancing with the devil, you had better
Am G
keep your hands above the waist
Chorus:
F G
Everything you touch
Am
will turn to sand
F
when you see the
G
world as nothing more
E
than money in your hand
F
You'll never get the
G
chance to understand
Am
just that it's like to
sleep without these
F
voices in your head
G
the silent chorus
of the dead you left behind
Am
You taste the
treason on her tongue
F Am
you settle in the D.C. slum
hilltop house in Washington
F Em
that they call the rising sun
Dm
She washed the lipstick
F
smudges from her face
Dm C
Sleeping with the state
E
you will eventually
just learn to
Am
the door Fed window!
F G
out there! He has no idea!
Am
He has no idea! None! And
F G
Am
A new hope for the poor folks
F G
just a penny to the rich
Am
There's a rally down on one
street as a fire
F G
burns in Kensington
F
As you carve another
G Am
notch into your gun
F
Set the spark and
G
take your mark
E
you've finally got
them on the run