Key: A major•
Verse 1
F#m
E
Bm
F#m
E
Bm
I
E
Bm
Bsus4
a sickening smell of
Born in a white hole,
Em
C
G
and I can't believe the
D
A
colors here today
E
Bm
well I've never been blessed
E
Bm
I'm riding a red line to nowhere
D
A
It takes 40 years
G
Bm
A
before the guns can be paid for
D
A
G
Bm
It takes 40 years to put the money away
A
D
A
It takes 40 years
G
Bm
A
to get the things that I need, sir
D
A
It takes 40 years
G
Bm
A
C
to walk the thunder and the rain
G
F#m
Well, was born in a good home,
E
Bsus4
F#m
where the rising cost of rais
ing children is not a factor.
Em
C
G
And I can't believe
D
A
F#m
the things they've done to me.
Bm
F#m
I never did much of anything anyway.
E
Bm
Jump on a big train to nowhere.
D
A
It takes 40 years
G
Bm
A
for the guns to be paid for.
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years, put the money away
D
A
G
If it takes 40 years,
Bm
A
get the things that I need, sir
D
A
If it takes 40 years,
G
Bm
A
I want the thunder and the rain
F
C
Wanna buy me a good heart
F
C
get me a good wife
F
C
Start me a new life
G
D
with a six -foot color television
F
C
G
C
Start me a new life somewhere
A
F#m
E
I was born on a warm night
Em
C
G
But you can't believe
F#m
E
Bsus4
Fly me a white plane over water,
Bm
F#m
over blue and green
E
Bm
And land in the ocean somewhere
G
Bm
A
before the guns can be paid for
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years to put the money away
D
A
If it takes 40 years
G
Bm
A
to the things that I need, sir
D
A
If it takes 40 years,
G
Bm
I'm gonna want that thunder, yeah
A
G
And I want that rain
Bm
A
G
Oh, I want that rain
Bm
A
Come on now, now give me the sun,
now give me the sun,
G
Bm
A
now give me the rain
I want that rain,
G
Bm
A
I want the thunder and the rain
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