G   D   G   D
D    G  D   A  D

[Verse]
                           G          D
James Dean died 'neath the tree of heaven
                  A       D
Near the old Jack Ranch Café
               G     D
Brother Donald Turnupspeed
                     A         D
Must have looked the wrong old way

[Verse]
         G              D
Oh, that German car was burning
                  A      D
As the hawks took to the air
                 G    D
Forty miles from Paso Robles
                   A       D
In a land called, 'Way Out There'

[Chorus]
                   G       D
In a land called, 'Way out there', my brothers
                   A       D
In a land called, 'Way Out There'
                 G    D
Forty miles from Paso Robles
                   A       D
In a land called, 'Way Out There'

[Verse]
                     G         D
Come look outside my window, mama
                 A        D
Something wicked this way comes
                G        D
The carnival is breaking ground
               A         D
With its roustabouts and bums

[Verse]
        G               D
And the hoochie koochie dancing girls
             A        D
With sawdust in their hair
                         G          D
And the band played John Phillip Sousa
                   A       D
In a land called, 'Way Out There'

[Chorus]
                   G       D
In a land called, 'Way out there', my brothers
                   A       D
In a land called, 'Way Out There'
                         G          D
And the band played John Phillip Sousa
                   A       D
In a land called, 'Way Out There'

[Instrumental]
D G  D    A  D    G   D  A  D

[Verse]
                            G           D
Oh, all we've learned about love and violence
                      A         D
Comes from bibles and movie magazines
                          G           D
But what goes down in the trenches, baby
                         A    D
It's like nothing you've ever seen

[Verse]
G                 D
People tearing people up
             A        D
Good god, it makes me scared
                 G        D
Heaven take me beyond all this
                   A      D
To a land called, 'Way Up There'

[Chorus]
                   G       D
In a land called, 'Way out there', my brothers
                   A       D
In a land called, 'Way Out There'
                 G        D
Heaven take me beyond all this
                   A      D
To a land called, 'Way Up There'

[Outro]
                           G          D
James Dean died 'neath the tree of heaven
                  A       D
Near the old Jack Ranch Café