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Burning City Smoke

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Capo - 1st Fret
F#m - X-10-12-12-11-10
A40 million refugees
wDith Eno Aplace on this earth to call their home
oAne for every aimless graduate
wDith EnothiAng else to show for it but loans
ADnd Athose of us who make a mark
uEse Asomeone else's blood
ODur western Astain won't wash away
wEon'At vanish in the flood
IBmt goes Adeeper through each hurricane
and tidaDl wave aEnd BmwarA  
We want C#meverythinF#mg we see
anBmd oncEe it's gone Awe just want more
AAtlas had those shoulders
We've goDt Ambien anEd Jamesons Aand blow
to biAnd us in a bubble
keep thDe newsprint EnightAmare distant and remote
BDut Awhen we wake in guillotines 
AEnd pitch our Ascreaming fits
WhDen Athe governors strikes up the band 
AEnd Agags our parted lips
WhBmen the Aworst case shows up dressed and dazzling, 
ReDady for EthBme ballA  
Boy, thC#mat bubbles F#mbound to burst, 
And what a Bmtragic Eway to fallA  
AThe tabloids tell us hate the rat that 
DStrikes those subEways closed aAnd puts you out
AForgot Dthose 50 hour tunnel weeks inhaling 
StEeel dust Apoison through his mouth
DWell Aif he don’t deserve a pension that 
MaEkes hAis family feel secure
DIf wAe're now so disconnected
iEt's Aour reflections we ignore
AnBmd if our constant choices
Askim DaEnd BmpaAss the writing on the wall
ThC#men, IF#m'm sad to say we're lost
anBmd I'm EemAbarrassed for us all
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Burning City Smoke

by Kevin Devine

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

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

F#m

Capo - 1st Fret

F#m - X-10-12-12-11-10

40 million refugees

D E A

with no place on this earth to call their home

one for every aimless graduate

D E A

with nothing else to show for it but loans

D A

And those of us who make a mark

E A

use someone else's blood

D A

Our western stain won't wash away

E A

won't vanish in the flood

Bm A

It goes deeper through each hurricane

D E Bm A

and tidal wave and war

C#m F#m

We want everything we see

Bm E A

and once it's gone we just want more

Atlas had those shoulders

D E A

We've got Ambien and Jamesons and blow

to bind us in a bubble

D E A

keep the newsprint nightmare distant and remote

D A

But when we wake in guillotines

E A

And pitch our screaming fits

D A

When the governors strikes up the band

E A

And gags our parted lips

Bm A

When the worst case shows up dressed and dazzling,

D E Bm A

Ready for the ball

C#m F#m

Boy, that bubbles bound to burst,

Bm E A

And what a tragic way to fall

The tabloids tell us hate the rat that

D E A

Strikes those subways closed and puts you out

A D

Forgot those 50 hour tunnel weeks inhaling

E A

Steel dust poison through his mouth

D A

Well if he don’t deserve a pension that

E A

Makes his family feel secure

D A

If we're now so disconnected

E A

it's our reflections we ignore

And if our constant choices

A D E Bm A

skim and pass the writing on the wall

C#m F#m

Then, I'm sad to say we're lost

Bm E A

and I'm embarrassed for us all

Just play that same pattern over until the end of the song...

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