Distant Early Warning chords by
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Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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An ill wind comes arising
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Across the cities of the plain
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There's no swimming in the heavy water
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No singing in the acid rain
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Red alert, red alert
Verse 2
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It's so hard to stay together
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Passing through revolving doors
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We need someone to talk to
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And someone to sweep the floors
Interlude 1
Incomplete, incomplete
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Chorus 1
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The world weighs on my shoulders
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But what am I to do?
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Bm

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You sometimes drive me crazy
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But I worry about you
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I know it makes no difference
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To what you're going through
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But I see the tip of the iceberg
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And I worry about you
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Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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Cruising under your radar
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Watching from the satellites
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Bm
Bm

Take a page from the red book
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And keep them in your sights
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Red alert, red alert
Verse 4
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Left and rights of passage
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Black and whites of youth
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Who can face the knowledge
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That the truth is not the truth
Interlude 3
Obsolete, absolute, yeah
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Oh
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Chorus 2
Bm
Bm

A
A

The world weighs on my shoulders
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

But what am I to do?
Bm
Bm

A
A

You sometimes drive me crazy
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

But I worry about you
Bm
Bm

A
A

I know it makes no difference
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

To what you're going through
Bm
Bm

A
A

But I see the tip of the iceberg
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

And I worry about you
Bm
Bm

Interlude 4
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Interlude 5
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Solo 1
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Bm
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Interlude 6
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Chorus 3
Bm
Bm

A
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The world weighs on my shoulders
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

But what am I to do?
Bm
Bm

A
A

You sometimes drive me crazy
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

But I worry about you
Bm
Bm

A
A

I know it makes no difference
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

To what you're going through
Bm
Bm

A
A

But I see the tip of the iceberg
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

And I worry about you
Outro 1
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Not to love, not to love,
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not to love
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Bm
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