Ab

animals

laugh

from

the

C ONE_MAJOR

dark

of

the

wilderness

a

Fm

baby

cries

hard

in

an

Db

Eb

apartment

complex

As I

Ab

pass

in a

car

buried

C ONE_MAJOR

under

the influence

the city's

Fm

driving

me

out

of my

Db

mind

I've

seen a

Ab

child

is

caught

in

the

C ONE_MAJOR

sad

trap

of

gravity

he

Fm

falls

from

the

lowest

Db

Eb

branch

of

the

apple tree

and

Ab

lands

in

the

grass

and

C ONE_MAJOR

weeps

for

his

dignity

next

Fm

time

he

will

not

aim

so

Db

high

yeah

next

Ab

Eb

time

nei

-

ther

will

Ab

I__________

Ab

mother

takes

loans out

sends her

C ONE_MAJOR

kids

off to

colleges

her

Fm

family

is

re-

duced

to

Db

Eb

names

on

a

shopping list

while

Ab

a

coroner

kneels

beneath a

C ONE_MAJOR

great

wooden crucifix

he

knows there's

Fm

worse

things

than being

a-

Db

lone

and

so I've

Ab

learned

to

retreat

at

the

C ONE_MAJOR

first

sign

of

danger

I

mean

Fm

why

wait

around

if

it's

Db

Eb

just

to

surrender

and

Ab

ambition

I've

found

can

lead

C ONE_MAJOR

only

to

failure

I

Fm

do

not

read

the

re-

Db

views

no

I

Ab

Eb

am

not

singing

for

Ab

you____

Ab

dropping

a

coin

into

the

C ONE_MAJOR

pit

of

a

well

and

I would

Fm

throw

my whole

billfold

if

I

Db

Eb

thought

it

would

help

with all these

Ab

wishes

I

make

I

should

C ONE_MAJOR

buy

something

real

at

least a

Fm

tel

-

e

-

phone

call

Db

home

Well my

Ab

teachers

they

built

this

C ONE_MAJOR

retaining wall

of

memory

all those

Fm

multi-

ple

choices

I

Db

Eb

answered

so

quickly

and

Ab

got

my

grades

back

and

for-

C ONE_MAJOR

got

just

as

easily

but at

Fm

least

I

got

an

Db

'A'

and

so

I

Ab

Eb

don't

have

them

to

Ab

blame___

Ab

stop

pointing

fingers

re

-

C ONE_MAJOR

serve

my

judgement

of

all

those

Fm

public

action

figures

the

Db

Eb

cowboy

pre-

si-

dents

so

Ab

loud

behind the

bullhorn

so

C ONE_MAJOR

proud they

can't

ad-

mit

when

Fm

they've

made

a

mis

-

Db

take

While

Ab

poison

ink

spews

from

C ONE_MAJOR

speech

-

writer's

pen

he

knows he

Fm

don't

have

to

say

it

so it

Db

Eb

it don't

bother

him

"Hon-

es-

Ab

ty"

"Accuracy"

it's just

C ONE_MAJOR

"Pop-

u-

lar

Opinion"

and

the

a-

Fm

pro

-

val

ra-

ting's

Db

high

and

so

Ab

Eb

some

-

one's

gon

-

na

Ab

die_____

Ab

A.

B.

C.

N.

B.

C.

C ONE_MAJOR

C.B.S

Bullshit!

they

give

us

Fm

fact

or

fiction

I

guess an

Db

Eb

even

split

And each

Ab

new

act

of

war

is tonight's

C ONE_MAJOR

enter

-

tainment

we're

still the

Fm

pawns

in

their

Db

game

as

they

take

Ab

eye

for

an

eye

until

C ONE_MAJOR

no

-

one

can

see

we must

Fm

stumble

blindly

forward

repeating

Db

Eb

hi-

sto-

ry

Well

I

guess

Ab

we

all

fit

into

your

slogan

on

that

C ONE_MAJOR

fast

food

marquee

Red

Fm

Blooded

white

skinned

oh and the

Db

blues

oh

and the

Ab

Eb

blues

I've got the

blues

that's

Ab

me!

that's

Ab

woke

in

re-

lief

my

sheets and

C ONE_MAJOR

tubes

were

all

tangled

weak from

Fm

whiskey

and

pills

in

a

Db

Eb

Chi

-

cago

hospital

and my

Ab

fathers

was

there

in a

C ONE_MAJOR

chair

by

the

window

sta-

Fm

rin

so

far

a

-

Db

way

I tried

Ab

talking

just

whispered

so

C ONE_MAJOR

sorry

so

selfish

he

Fm

stopped me

and

said

child

I

Db

Eb

love

you

re-

gardless

and there's

Ab

nothing

you

could

do

that

C ONE_MAJOR

would

ever

change

this

I'm no t

Fm

angry

it

ha

-

Db

ppens

but

you just

Ab

Eb

can't

do

it

a

-

Ab

gain

Ab

try

to

keep

up

I've

been

ex-

C ONE_MAJOR

changing

my

currency

while

a

Fm

million

ob-

jects

pass

Db

Eb

through

my

periphery

Now

I'm

Ab

rubbing

my

eyes

'cause they're

C ONE_MAJOR

starting

to

bother

me

I've been

Fm

staring

too

long

at

the

Db

screen

But where

Ab

was it

when I first

heard

that sweet

C ONE_MAJOR

sound

of

hum-

ility

it

Fm

came

to

my

ears

in the god-

Db

Eb

damn

loveliest

melody

How

Ab

grateful

I

was

then

to

be

C ONE_MAJOR

part

of

the

mystery

to

Fm

love

and

to

be

Db

loved

let's just

Ab

Eb

hope

that

is

e

-

Ab

nough___