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The Windows Break

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Intro:  D   A   E7   Gx3
DPiles and piles of Asus4old magazines
Em7Windows locked up and Ghidden from the street.
DIn a crawlspace, forAsus4gotten money.
People tEm7ensing and waiting to come Gback home.
You can Dfeel the Asus4tension in the hEm7ouse
the mGoment you walk through the Ddoor.A  
Sudden maEm7dness allow me iGn again.
When the Dfirst train Asus4flies past the E7house, miles awGay
the screaming Dstarts and it feels like a Asus4minefield, 
the nE7eighbors silently Ghiding in the shadows.
There's a Dperson locked in, beAhind that door -
Don't let Em7anybody catch you Gturning the handle.
It's a Dlong, long Bmnight. It's going to be an Gawful and lonely Anight.
Well...you can Dblot out the years and Aabandon the jungle
EmCover up the tapes and rGefuse to look back,
but your Down right Bmhand is not gonna Gsave your Asoul.
You have been Emfollowed! Ah, the mecGhanics.
All the rDeactions that seem to Aattach themselves.
It's been a Emvery very very long Bmyear and it's gonna be an Geven longer Anight.
And then a screen door Dslams; the windows Abreak.
A woman just Em7jumps and scrapes at the Ghood of a car.
When the Dcar backs up into a Astreetlight, all of the nEm7eighbors call the cGops.
She falls oDff and the car speeAds away
Headed for the Em7border of a far away Gstate.
                                           D                           A   Em7(palm muted)
It's gonna mean an hour of freedom with the radio and quarter-filled gas tank.
                      G (palm muted, again)
And a quarter filled gas tank
                    Esus4 (muted)
With the high beams on
                   G   A (unmute here)
And the windows down...
Outro consists of riffing around through D A Em7 G at varying tempos for several measures

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The Windows Break

by The Taxpayers

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Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Em7

D A E7 G

Intro: x3

D Asus4

Piles and piles of old magazines

Em7 G

Windows locked up and hidden from the street.

D Asus4

In a crawlspace, forgotten money.

Em7 G

People tensing and waiting to come back home.

D Asus4 Em7

You can feel the tension in the house

G D A

the moment you walk through the door.

Em7 G

Sudden madness allow me in again.

D Asus4 E7 G

When the first train flies past the house, miles away

D Asus4

the screaming starts and it feels like a minefield,

E7 G

the neighbors silently hiding in the shadows.

D A

There's a person locked in, behind that door -

Em7 G

Don't let anybody catch you turning the handle.

D Bm G A

It's a long, long night. It's going to be an awful and lonely night.

D A

Well...you can blot out the years and abandon the jungle

Em G

Cover up the tapes and refuse to look back,

D Bm G A

but your own right hand is not gonna save your soul.

Em G

You have been followed! Ah, the mechanics.

D A

All the reactions that seem to attach themselves.

Em Bm G A

It's been a very very very long year and it's gonna be an even longer night.

D A

And then a screen door slams; the windows break.

Em7 G

A woman just jumps and scrapes at the hood of a car.

D A Em7 G

When the car backs up into a streetlight, all of the neighbors call the cops.

D A

She falls off and the car speeds away

Em7 G

Headed for the border of a far away state.

D A Em7

(palm muted)

It's gonna mean an hour of freedom with the radio and quarter-filled gas tank.

G (palm muted, again)

And a quarter filled gas tank

Esus4 (muted)

With the high beams on

G A (unmute here)

And the windows down...

Outro consists of riffing around through D A Em7 G at varying tempos for several measures

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