Key: F# minor
Verse 1
When the earth lets you down?
What holds you up
When gravity's corrupted?
I hope atoms are enough
'Cause Eve sure ain't coming.
The temperature's up in
the afternoon sun.
The hand threw the breaker
Em
G
But the circuit's still humming.
Bm
D
The man tried to break her
Verse 2
Em
G
She ran from the crown,
Bm
D
She ran to her study,
E
G
And wrote all this down:
D
Em
"I want to keep the perfect flowers
Verse 3
G
D
And when you snip them down,
Em
E
Em
You al most hear them sigh.
G
D
Em
There they're drying asking,
D
E
'Why do we have to die?'"
Verse 4
Can you feel them slip away?
Em
G
80, 000 every day.
D
Verse 5
E
When one world says, "Wait!"
Em
G
The next says, "Step aside."
Bm
D
When one planet says, "Stop!"
Verse 6
Verse 7
Em
G
Em
Cents in the century,
G
Em
G
This century of centipedes,
Em
G
C
This century is killing me,
E
G
Em
I hope that we do better
G
Em
G
Em
F#
next time.
Verse 8
Em
C
I would like to see
A
E
C
G
So upset by what her
E
C
Gm
G
I would like to see the tyrant's son,
A
E
C
So outraged by what
Gm
G
A
his father's done.
E
C
G
Am
I would like to see the tyrant's mother
A
Em
C
G
Am
A
So regretful she did not smother.
E
C
G
I would like to see the tyrant's dad,
A
Em
C
G
A
E
C
G
A
I'll bet he's glad.
E
C
G
A
E
C
G
D
Verse 9
C
G
A
E
Em
C
G
Hide me from
A
Em
C
G
A
next February.
Em
C
G
C
E
I've grown fat
Em
G
D
Em
And I've grown tired;
Em
G
C
Now I was once admired.
E
Em
G
And I've grown fat
C
G
But there's one more thing so
C
Bb
D
I'm already gone.
Outro 1
C
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