Matthew Good Band
Sort Of A Protest Song
The Audio Of Being
2001
half step down - capo 1
This is the bare bones of the acoustic version he plays live.
C x32010
G 320033
Am x02210 play around with b string
C/B x20010
GaddA 320035
C G Am C/B
C C/B Am C C/B Am
C G
I can't remember 1989
Am C/B
I can't remember what you look like
C C/B Am
Because I was dime'd
C C/B Am
Wasn't the whole world at the time?
C G
A robot heart for my sleep in
Am C/B
Girl she knows CPR
C C/B Am
so I can come back to life
C C/B Am
Yeah, I can come back to life
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
C GaddA Am GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun
C G Am C/B
C C/B Am C C/B Am
C G
I had me a vision
Am C/B
I was a fireman
C C/B Am
In a time of fires
C C/B Am
And I was paralyzed
C G
A robot heart
Am C/B
For a theme park world
C C/B Am
Whatever keeps us alive
C C/B Am
Whatever keeps claim to us being civilized
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
C GaddA Am GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun
Am C/B C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Am C/B C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
C G
I can't remember 1989
Am C/B
I try, but I forget what you look like
C C/B Am
Baby I ain't dime'd
C C/B Am
But yeah, it still keeps me up at night
C G
A robot heart
Am C/B
For a robot boy
C C/B Am
Who dreamed he was a lion
C C/B Am
Our lives in these empty spaces aside
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
C GaddA Am GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
C GaddA Am GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun
Am C/B C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Am C/B C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Am C/B C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
© Matthew Good / 2013
Matt hammers on the b string quite a bit in the Am and the C/B and during the yeahs the
C. As always, its an outline.
