A

A
Oh, oh, oh brother totem pole 
A
I saw your legends lined up 
                              E 
And I never felt more natural 
 F#m              E     F#m
Apart, I just came     apart 

A
Please, please, please sister Socrates 
A
You always answer with a question 
                                    E 
Show some kindness to a petty thief 
   F#m          E      F#m
Forgive, you did    forgive 

          D                     E
Watch the migrants smoke in the old orange grove 
        A                     D
And the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral 
              D               E       
You’ve been a father to me In 1960’s speak 
       A                 D             
In the comatose joy that we’re on TV 
           Bm                          
While the mountain’s side was shining 
                          A
Wild colors of my destiny 

               Bm
I watched your face age backwards 
                             A
Changing shape in my memory 
              Bm
You taught me victory’s sweet 
                             A
Even deep in the cheap seats 

A A E F#m E F#m

A
Hey, hey, hey mother interstate 
A
Can you deliver me from evil 
                                     E
Make me honest make me wedding cake 
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Atone, I will   atone 

A
Wait, wait, wait mighty outer-space 
A
All that flying saucer terror 
                               E
Made me lazy drinking lemonade 
  F#m                E       F#m
A waste, it just went     to waste 

         D                  E    
Like the Freon cold out the hotel door 
       A                      D  
Or the white rocket fade over Cape Canaveral 
              D                   E
You’ve been a daughter to me your buried shoe-box grief 
            A                     D                   
I felt your poltergeist love like savannah heat 
          Bm                     
While the waterfall was pouring 
                            A   
Crazy symbols of my destiny 
               Bm                
I watched your face die backwards 
                         A      
Little baby in my memory 
            Bm                   
You told me victory's sweet 
                             A  
Even deep in the cheap seats 

D                    F#m  D               
And you don’t judge me 
                E      D      
That’s not your style 
                   F#m      
But I won’t see you 
      C#m          D        
for a little while 
               F#m              D           
And there’s no worries, oh lord 
          E    D                 
Whose got time 
          F#m                 E   
All these changes are going to fill your mind 
                               
         D                   E                                  
Like the citrus glow off the old orange grove 
       A                     D                                  
Or the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral 
            D                      E                            
It’s been a nightmare to me Some 1980’s grief 
         A                     D                                
Gives me parachute dreams Like old war movies 
          Bm                                               A     
While the universe was drawn Perfect circles form infinity 

              Bm                 
I watched the stars get smaller 
                           A    
Tiny diamonds in my memory 
            Bm                   
I know that victory is sweet 
                             A  
Even deep in the cheap seats