The Burning City Smoke chords by Kevin Devine
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
40 (G major) million refugees
with no (C major) place on this earth (D major)
to call their home (G major)
One for every aimless graduate
with nothing (C major) else to show (D major) for it belong (G major) s
An (A minor) d (G major) those (C major) of us who make (G major) our mark
use someone (D major) else's blood (G major)
Our west (C major) ern stain won't wash (G major) away,
it won't vanish (D major) in the flood (G major)
It sits deep (A minor) er through each (G major) hurricane
and tid (C major) al wave (D major) war (E minor)
Oh oh (D major) oh (G major)
We want everything (B minor) we (E minor) see
and once it's gone (D major) we just want more (G major)
Atlas had those shoulders,
we've got Am (C major) bien and
Jamesons (D major) and Blow (G major)
To bind us in a bubble
and keep the news (C major) print nightmare
dis (D major) tant and remote (G major)
But (A minor) (G major) when (C major) we waken guil (G major) lotines
and pitch (D major) our screaming fit (G major) s
When the gov (C major) ernor strikes up (G major) the band
and gags (D major) our parted lips (G major)
When the wor (A minor) st case shows up dressed (G major) and dazzling,
(C major) ready for (D major) the ball (E minor)
Oh, oh, oh (G major)
Boy, that bubble's (B minor) bound to burst (E minor)
and what a tra (C major) gic way (D major) to fall (G major)
The tabloids tell us, hate the rat
Who strikes (C major) those subways closed (D major)
and puts you out (G major)
Forget those 50 hour tunnel weeks
Inhal (C major) ing steel dust pois (D major) on
through his mouth (G major)
Well if you (C major) don't deserve a pen (G major) sion
That makes fam (D major) ily feel secure
(G major) If we're now (C major) so disconnected
(G major) It's our reflec (D major) tions we ignore
(G major) And if our (A minor) constant choice
is skim (G major) ming past
The writ (C major) ing on (D major) the wall (E minor)
Oh, oh, (D major) oh (G major)
Then I'm sad (B minor) to say we're lost (E minor)
And (C major) I'm (E minor) embar (C major) rassed for (D major) us all (G major)
So most days I can't put to rest
The burning (C major) city smoking (D major) in my mind (G major)
And I play and pretend the principles
Are noth (C major) ing more than act
(D major) ors running lines (G major)
And I stumble (C major) through a movie (G major) set
Where tor (D major) ture victims laugh (G major)
At embed (C major) ded journalist (G major) s
who juggle knives (D major) and
dagger glass (G major)
While they en (A minor) tertain a mob
(G major) of heads of state (C major) and CEO (D major) (E minor) s (D major) (G major)
A staggered past (B minor) anarchist ex (E minor) tras
through saloon (C major) doors painted (D major) gold (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor)
(G major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (B minor) (E minor)
(C major) (D major) (G major)
So I turn and I see Uncle Sam
All tied (C major) up, wardrobe ready (D major) for a shoot (G major)
So I walk right up and talk to him
I (C major) tell him that I'm scared (D major)
and I'm con (G major) fused
(E minor) While (C major) they test the cam (G major) eras out
and get (D major) the lighting right
(G major) While ca (C major) tering fills cof (G major) fee cups
and carves (D major) up apple pie (G major)
And while (A minor) the stylists trim (G major) his beard
and straighten (C major) those (D major) pals (E minor)
Oh -oh -o (G major) h, I ask (B minor) his empires (E minor)
what made him drive (C major) us straight (D major) to hell
(G major) And as my day (B minor) dream ends,
he stand (E minor) s ashamed,
a shocked (C major) and shattered (D major) shell
(G major) But there's nev (A minor) er any answer (G major)
from my starving (C major) tongue (D major) to (E minor) tell
Oh -o (D major) h (G major) -oh,
cause the director's (B minor) shouting action (E minor)
But I'm (C major) sad it's just (D major) as (G major) well
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The Burning City Smoke
Kevin Devine
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