{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":486508,"song":"Burning City Smoke","artist":"Kevin Devine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11564295-burning-city-smoke-chords-by-kevin-devine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/486508?type=chord","rating":4.24597,"votes":4,"content":"[tab]Capo - 1st Fret\r\nF#m - X-10-12-12-11-10[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n40 million refugees[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]E[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nwith no place on this earth to call their home[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\none for every aimless graduate[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]E[/ch]\t\t   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwith nothing else to show for it but loans[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd those of us who make a mark[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]E[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nuse someone else's blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOur western stain won't wash away[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]E[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nwon't vanish in the flood[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Bm[/ch]\t\t\t  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt goes deeper through each hurricane[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\t\t[ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand tidal wave and war[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t      [ch]C#m[/ch]\t      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe want everything we see[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]Bm[/ch]\t  [ch]E[/ch]\t         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand once it's gone we just want more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAtlas had those shoulders[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t       [ch]D[/ch]\t   \t     [ch]E[/ch]\t\t       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe've got Ambien and Jamesons and blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nto bind us in a bubble[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t      [ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t       [ch]E[/ch]\t\t   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nkeep the newsprint nightmare distant and remote[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut when we wake in guillotines [/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]E[/ch]\t\t         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd pitch our screaming fits[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the governors strikes up the band [/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]E[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd gags our parted lips[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]Bm[/ch]\t\t\t  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the worst case shows up dressed and dazzling, [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\t[ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nReady for the ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t      [ch]C#m[/ch]\t      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBoy, that bubbles bound to burst, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t          [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\t         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd what a tragic way to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe tabloids tell us hate the rat that [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t   \t     \t     [ch]E[/ch]\t\t     \t    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStrikes those subways closed and puts you out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nForgot those 50 hour tunnel weeks inhaling [/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]E[/ch]\t\t     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSteel dust poison through his mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell if he don’t deserve a pension that [/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]E[/ch]\t   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMakes his family feel secure[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf we're now so disconnected[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]E[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nit's our reflections we ignore[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd if our constant choices[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\t[ch]E[/ch]\t[ch]Bm[/ch]\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nskim and pass the writing on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]C#m[/ch]\t\t[ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThen, I'm sad to say we're lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]Bm[/ch]\t   [ch]E[/ch]\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I'm embarrassed for us all[/tab]\r\n\r\nJust play that same pattern over until the end of the song...","plain_text":"Just play that same pattern over until the end of the song...","chords":["F#m","A","D","E","Bm","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}