| C | G | D | C | G |
| G | |
| Anyone caught speaking Esperanto |
| D | |
| Is thought crazy or headed for | jail |
| There's peace in the wilds of west Texas |
| C | G | |
| Where the sun and the | sky pre | vail |
| G | |
| Take no notice of the rising waters |
| D | |
| Take no notice where the rivers run | dry |
| They'll be diggin through the landfills |
| C | G | |
| To find evidence of | our great de | mise |
| Cadd9 | |
| There's a changing pattern before us |
| G | |
| And the past tells the story quite | well |
| D | |
| By the | time we make it to Barstow |
| C | G | |
| We'll be more than | halfway to | hell |
| Cadd9 | G | D |
| G | |
| Waves of adverts that promise revival |
| D | |
| Trick it where it batters the | brain |
| The devil bought the key to Branson |
| C | G | |
| Drives a backhoe and | wears a gold | chain |
| G | |
| Now we're living in the unnamed time frame |
| D | |
| That's in Reno we're on the hu | man race |
| Woke up in another test market |
| C | G | |
| With a new headache | filter in | place |
| Cadd9 | |
| There's a changing pattern before us |
| G | |
| And the past tells the story quite | well |
| D | |
| By the | time we make it to Barstow |
| C | G | |
| We'll be more than | halfway to | hell |
| Cadd9 | G | D |
| D | |
| By the | time we make it to Barstow |
| C | G | |
| We'll be more than | halfway to | hell |