Key: E major
Verse 1
D
C
D
C
D
Set the alarm for half -past five
D
C
brought me alive again
D
C
D
Dialed the bed into the wall, resets
Gaining two more feet of space
Out of the night spell, out
of the sleep cell,
G
D
into the tunnel of day
I took the high -speed lift to Gallery 9
Gave me rank and number to the slot
And drew me daily, what a rash,
and took the lot
Oh, what a May Day!
A
D
Oh, what a day to be young!
The thermostats, they were set for spring
Meant to buy the ventilation shaft
C
D
Love light shining through the
visor of a mask
Her hand was in mine
as we made our way
The daytime argon light shone
bleak and hot
When we showed our permits
to the shuttle guard.
then we were clear, love,
G
D
then we were movin' away
We lay in the capsule
and we took our ease
D
C
D
at about two G's and so
C
D
As the admin wings
C
D
the private galleries and passed
C
D
The living quarters
of the citizens first class
now we're at topside,
G
D
F
this is the eye of the world.
C
D
Saw the knives of sun come bronze
and gold and green.
Gilding all the face of earth
we'd never seen.
don't turn from the sunrise,
A
D
this is the face of the earth.
and the shag -green scum
That was once a forest,
G
F
C
those were trees,
What killed off the trees?
What poisoned the breezes?
G
D
What made the rivers run dry?
Look at the land
where the green grass grew.
There the sea lies
C
D
C
and the seabirds fly no more.
Who sucked the earth
dry?
Whom made the sea die?
with the world.
C
D
Cursing the ones who gave us birth,
the rivers everywhere.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD C G A F
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