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He plays F - 033211
Intro : C, F, C, F  
CFirst you burned Fyour own Chouse down
FThen you sold the Gashes tCo the clown
FWho painted his bGrow with tChunderclAmouds
And pulled Fflowers out of his Gmouth
CThen you Fgrabbed the Cbouquet and flew
FFroGm everythCing that asked to much of you
FBut the Gfuture Cgives biAmrth to both sorrow and mirth
It don't Fmatter what you saGy or do
CAnd Fnow, Cyou pray for a dry canteen
So you can Fdare Gan Cempty sky to rain
Then you Fshake your Gfist, you Ccan't Amresist
FDoes anyboGdy feel your pain?
You're Falone and you Gcan't gCo home again
FThey looGk for you in the leavCes of maFgazines,
CIn FpiCcarFesqGue stories, in penny arcade portraits of Lauren Bacall
CWhile I Glook for you in the dCye of cancFeled stamps,
CIn Fthe CpaFnic of siGrens, in the vanishing kite strings of airplane exhaust
FBut GnCobody can catch the arsonist
Enjoy.

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The Arsonist

by Simon Joyner

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He plays F - 033211

C F C F

Intro : , , ,

C F C

First you burned your own house down

F G C

Then you sold the ashes to the clown

F G C Am

Who painted his brow with thunderclouds

F G

And pulled flowers out of his mouth

C F C

Then you grabbed the bouquet and flew

F G C

From everything that asked to much of you

F G C Am

But the future gives birth to both sorrow and mirth

F G

It don't matter what you say or do

C F C

And now, you pray for a dry canteen

F G C

So you can dare an empty sky to rain

F G C Am

Then you shake your fist, you can't resist

F G

Does anybody feel your pain?

F G C

You're alone and you can't go home again

F G C F

They look for you in the leaves of magazines,

C F C F G

In picaresque stories, in penny arcade portraits of Lauren Bacall

C G C F

While I look for you in the dye of canceled stamps,

C F C F G

In the panic of sirens, in the vanishing kite strings of airplane exhaust

F G C

But nobody can catch the arsonist

Enjoy.

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