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METHOD ACTING/CORTEZ THE KILLER - Dave Rawlings Machine
Capo on 1st
There's no beEmginning to the story
A bookshelf Bm7sinks into the sand
And a language Clearned, forgot in turn
GStudied once againD/F#  
It's a shocking bit of footage
Viewed on a shitty TV screen
You can squint at it
The snow and static
To make out what it means
And keep stretching that antenna
Hoping that it will come clear
I need some reception
A higher message
Please tell me what to feel
Chorus:
'Cause CI don't Dknow what toGmorG/Brow bCrings
It's alive with Dsuch possiGbiG/BlitiCes
But I know that DI feel Gbetter G/Bwhen I Csing
Burdens are B7add4lifted from me
That's my voice Emrising
So T-Bone, please keep the tape rolling
Gil keep strumming that guitar
We need a record of our failures
We must document our love
I sat too long in my silence
Grown too old on my pain
To shed this skin, be born again
It starts with an ending
Chorus:
And I don't know what tomorrow brings
It's full of such possibilities
But I know that I feel better when I sing
Burdens are lifted from me
That's my voice rising
Solo
CIt's not a movie, Bm7no private screening
Am7This method acting-D-I call it living
CIt's like a fountain, Bm7the door is open
Am7We have a problem Dwith no solution
                     CB7add4
But to love and to be loved
Solo
Chorus:
So thank you friends for the time we shared
Your love stays with me like sunlight and air
And though I truly wish I could keep hanging around here
My joy is covering me, soon I will disappear
Solo
He came Em7dancing across the water
With his Dgalleons and guns
Am7Looking for the new world
In the palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls, he often wondered
The secrets of the world
And his subjects gathered round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on
Solo (over Cortez verse progression)
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones
Then they carried them to the flatlands
But they died along the way
And they built up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I just can't remember when
Or how I lost my way
Solo (back to Method Acting verse progression)

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Method Actingcortez The Killer

by Dave Rawlings Machine

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

D/F#

G/B

Am7

Em7

METHOD ACTING/CORTEZ THE KILLER - Dave Rawlings Machine

Capo on 1st

There's no beginning to the story

Bm7

A bookshelf sinks into the sand

And a language learned, forgot in turn

G D/F#

Studied once again

It's a shocking bit of footage

Viewed on a shitty TV screen

You can squint at it

The snow and static

To make out what it means

And keep stretching that antenna

Hoping that it will come clear

I need some reception

A higher message

Please tell me what to feel

Chorus:

C D G G/B C

'Cause I don't know what tomorrow brings

D G G/B C

It's alive with such possibilities

D G G/B C

But I know that I feel better when I sing

B7add4

Burdens are lifted from me

That's my voice rising

So T-Bone, please keep the tape rolling

Gil keep strumming that guitar

We need a record of our failures

We must document our love

I sat too long in my silence

Grown too old on my pain

To shed this skin, be born again

It starts with an ending

Chorus:

And I don't know what tomorrow brings

It's full of such possibilities

But I know that I feel better when I sing

Burdens are lifted from me

That's my voice rising

Solo

C Bm7

It's not a movie, no private screening

Am7 D

This method acting--I call it living

C Bm7

It's like a fountain, the door is open

Am7 D

We have a problem with no solution

B7add4

But to love and to be loved

Solo

Chorus:

So thank you friends for the time we shared

Your love stays with me like sunlight and air

And though I truly wish I could keep hanging around here

My joy is covering me, soon I will disappear

Solo

Em7

He came dancing across the water

With his galleons and guns

Am7

Looking for the new world

In the palace in the sun

On the shore lay Montezuma

With his coca leaves and pearls

In his halls, he often wondered

The secrets of the world

And his subjects gathered round him

Like the leaves around a tree

In their clothes of many colors

For the angry gods to see

And the women all were beautiful

And the men stood straight and strong

They offered life in sacrifice

So that others could go on

Solo (over Cortez verse progression)

Hate was just a legend

And war was never known

The people worked together

And they lifted many stones

Then they carried them to the flatlands

But they died along the way

And they built up with their bare hands

What we still can't do today

And I know she's living there

And she loves me to this day

I just can't remember when

Or how I lost my way

Solo (back to Method Acting verse progression)

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