xA great song by a great artist
I think he actually plays this with a capo on the fifth fret
same chord sounds, just chord shapes in C
big baby
Dm
this is the window where
A7
i watched the future start
C
my pupils dilated
Dsus4
the shock sped up my arms
Bb
i shut my ambushed eyes
C F
and turned my face towards the heat
Dm
i felt the city choke
A7
i heard the world at war
C
i prayed for providence
Dsus4
god said, ’don’t pray no more
Bb
you went and made your mess
C F
now keep your blame off my feet’
Dm
so i got off my knees
A7
i faced the devil’s day
C
the sky was murder red
Dsus4
the streets were headstone gray
Bb
a flaming ferris wheel
C Bb
spun where the sun used to be
Bb C
i watched its buckets dip and dance
Bb C
i saw a couple making love lock hands
F C Bbm F
they were pushing for abandon and the answers it could bring
A7 Bb C Dm
90 million miles from the graveyard growing over everything
Dm
i saw my lover chased
A7
through fields of sugarcane
C
she clutched her belly close
Dsus4
and whispered, "keep us safe"
Bb
they ground her down to dust
C F
no more miracles today
Dm
i dreamt myself awake
A7
in a resort hotel
C
above a golden coast
Dsus4
beside my Southern belle
Bb
we heard the sea reborn
C F
in each singing shell
Dm
and every coughing car
A7
and every coiled snake
C
and every shrieking star
Dsus4
and every burning stake
Bb
dissolved to atmosphere
C Bb
all of everything, erased
Bb C
i spread into a distant hum
Bb C
i droned along with everyone
F C Bbm F
and the earth grew green and nursed herself to what she used to be
A7 Bb C F C A7
all our senseless shouting calmed to quiet in her ancient memory
Dm Bb C
and oh!, what a joy,
F C
to be free.
