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-first letter-A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

Finest Worksong

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Intro : 'B'

Bass : |D D D F# B| (the 'Ds' are octaves from each other)

	B
	The time to rise has been engaged

You're better best to rearrange

I'm talking here to me alone

I listen to the finest worksong,

Chorus :

	E	F#
	oh.,	ooho..

Your finest hour

	E	F#
	oh.,	ooho..

Your finest hour

Another chance has been engaged

To throw Thoreau and rearrange

You are following this time

I beg you not beg to rhyme

Chorus

Bridge: | A |

Take your instinct by the reins

Your better best to rearrange

What we want and what we need

Has been confused been confused

Chorus

Finest Worksong

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{on this song, it is often effective to raise the finger that you're

barring the B chord with to give it a suspended feel and create an

A note in the bass! This song is about 90% style. The chords alone

don't cut it! Oh well.....}

	B
T	he time to rise has been engaged

You're better best to rearrange

I'm talking here to me alone

I listen to the finest worksong

	E	F#	E	F#
		Your finest hour

Another chance has been engaged

To throw Thoreau and rearrange

You are following this time

I beg you not beg to rhyme

Your finest hour

Take your instinct by the reins

Your better best to rearrange

What we want and what we need

Has been confused been confused

Your finest hour

Welcome To The Occupation

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The intro goes like this:

E--0-- X=Mute this string

B--0--

G--0-- I don't know the name of this chord

D--2-- but i'm sure it has one. anybody?

A--0--

E--X-- Anyways, the intro is this chord, then

a Dsus2: E--0--

| B--3--

| G--2--

         |-------------->        D--0--

A--0--

Then the, verses go:

Em G Em Dsus2 (either strum or pick the 1,2 & 3

Hang your collar up inside strings)

Hang your dollar on me

Listen to the water still

Listen to the causeway run (you are?)

note- When going from the Em to the G and back again,

walk the bass notes up (eg. A

                        and back down too    E--0--2--3--

	Em	G
		(the "Man educated" part is the 1st chord of the intro (maybe Am7)

(again, followed by this chord, which may not be correct

(and, again, I don't know what it's called:

E--0-- It's sort of like the shape of an augmented

B--3-- chord.

	G--4--	D--4--	A--5--
			E--X--

Man educated primitive and wild

Welcome to the occupation

	Em	G	Em	Dsus2
H	ere we s	tand an	d here we fi	ght

All your fallen heroes

Held and died and skinned alive

Listen to the Congress fire

(as above i.e. "Man educated . . .")

Offering the educated primitive and loyal

Welcome to the occupation

Hang your collar up inside

Hang your freedom higher

Listen to the buyer still

Listen to the Congress

Where we propagate confusion

Primitive and wild

Fire on the hemisphere below

- at this point, there is an instrumental break where

you play:

Fmaj7 Em (x2) (I think)

then, coming out of this and into the final verse,

play (rather aggressively):

	G	D
		(back to this again)

	Em	G	Em	Dsus2
	Sugar c	ane and	coffee	cup

Copper steel and cattle

An annotated history the forest for the fire

(same as before)

Where we open up the floodgates

Freedom reigns supreme

Fire on the hemisphere below

	Em	G	Em	Dsus2
Listen to me

then the "outro" tagged on the end goes:

Em Dsus2 Em (maybe Em7?)

Exhuming McCarthy

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	G#	C#	G#	C#	G#	C#
You're be	autifu	l more bea	utifu	l than me

	F#	G#	C#	G#	C#
You're h	onorable more h	onorabl	e than me

	G#	C#	D#	C#
L	oyal to	the B	ank of Ame	rica

You can kind of fake the bass line here.....

        (A) --------0-2-0-4-4-4-2-0-------
        (E) -0-2-2------------------2-0----     repeat as necessary

It's a sign of the times

	F#	B	F#	B
You're sha	rpening sto	nes wa	lking on coals

	F#	B	C#	B
To	impro	ve your busi	ness a	cumen

	G#	C#	G#	C#	G#	C#	F#
V	ested in	terest u	nited t	ies l	end a ge	ntry ra	tionalize

	G#	C#	G#	C#	G#	C#	D#	C#
L	ook who bo	ught the m	yth	bu	y a jin	gle bu	y Amer	ica

It's a sign of the times it's a sign of the times

Enemy sighted enemy met I'm addressing the realpolitik

Look who bought the myth buy a jingle buy America

{the break is: C / / / C / / / Eb / / /Eb / / / X 3

then walkdown F Eb C# B

"Let us not assassinate this man further than the truth,

but you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir?

At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

	F#	B	F#	B
You're	sharpening s	tones	walking on c	oals

	F#	B	E
	To im	prove your b	usiness acumens....

	F#	B	F#	B
Y	ou've seen S	talin and y	ou've seen	___

	F#	B	E
I	always t	hought of yo	u as quick

	F#	B	F#	B	F#	B	E
E	xhuming McCa	rthy		Exhu	ming McC	arthy

Disturbance At The Heron House

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(B) --keep a finger on the 3rd fret

       (G) ---2-0-(0)-4-2-2-2-4---0---
       (D) -0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2---0-

(A) -every other time, play this string open...

{I'm pretty sure that Peter is just picking a Dsus2 chord throughout

the whole verse, but Mills is doing other "stuff" on the bass. I play

the chords Dsus2 and Dsus2/C just to make it interesting. I probably

should pull out McCabe's Guitar Shop and see what they did there, huh?}

	D	D/C	D	D/C
"They're g	oing wi	ld," the ca	ll came i	n

	D	D/C	D	D/C
At ear	ly morn	ing pr	e-dawn, th	en

	D	D/C	D
"The fo	llow	ers of ch	aos out of control

	D	D/C	D	D/C
They're n	umbe	ring the m	onke	ys

	D	D/C	D	D/C
The mo	nkeys	and the monk	eys,	"

	D	D/C	D
The fo	llower	s of cha	os out of control

"They're meeting at the monument,"

The call came in the monument

To liberty and honor under the honor roll

"They've gathered up the cages the cages and courageous,"

The followers of chaos out of control

	G	A
The ca	ll came in to Pa	rty Central

	G	A	G	A
"M	eeting o	f the gr	een and s	imple,"

	G	A
T	ry to tell us s	omething we don't know

"Disturbance at the Heron House"

A stampede at the monument

To liberty and honor under the honor roll

The gathering of grunts and greens

Cogs and grunts and hirelings

A meeting of a mean idea to hold

"When feeding time has come and gone

They'll lose the heart and head for home

Try to tell us something we don't know"

Strange (Wire)

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Intro : |G / // // C C|

	G	C
	There's something strange goin	g on tonight

	G	C
	There's something going on tha	t's not quite right

	G	C
	Michael's nervous and the ligh	ts are bright

	G	C
	There's something going on tha	t's not quite right

	E	A
	There's something going on tha	t wasn't here before

Keep your eyes glued to the floor

There's something strange going on tonight

There's something going on that's not quite right

There's something going on that wasn't here before

Keep your eyes glued to the floor

No one's going to say goodnight

There's something going on that's not quite right

Strange

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	G	C
T	here's something strange going on	tonight

	G	C
T	here's something going on that's no	t quite right

	G	C
M	ichael's nervous and the lights are bright

	G	C
T	here's something going on that's not q	uite right

	E	Esus4
T	here's something going on that w	asn't here before

	E	Esus4
K	eep your eyes g	lued to the floor

	E	Esus4
T	here's something strange going on	tonight

	E	Esus4
T	here's something going on that's	not quite right

There's something going on that wasn't here before

Keep your eyes glued to the floor

No one's going to say goodnight

There's something going on that's not quite right

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

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Drum intro.

	G	C
	That's great it starts with an	earthquake

	G
Birds and snakes and aero	planes

	C
Lenny Bruce is not a	fraid

	G
	Eye of a hurricane listen to yourself churn

	C
	World serves its own needs dummy serve your own needs

	G
	Speed it up a notch speed grunt nose strength

	C
The l	adder starts to clatter with dinner fight down height

	Bb
	Wire in a fire room represent the seven gangs

	A
In a	government for hire and a combat site

	G
	Lefty wasn't coming in a hurry

	C
With the furies breathing	down your neck

	G
	Team by team reporters baffled trump tethered crop

	C
Look at th	at low plane fine then

	G
	Uh oh overflow population coming through

	C
But i	t'll do save yourself serve yourself

	G
World serves its own	needs listen to your heartbeat

	C
	dummy with the rapture and the rever'nt and the right right?

	Bb	A
You v	itriolic patriotic slam fight right might fee	ling pretty

psyched

Chorus :

	G	D	Am
It's the e	nd of the	world as w	e know it

It's the end of the world as we know it C

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

Six o'clock TV hour don't get caught foreign tower

Slash and burn return listen to yourself churn lock him in uniform

And book-burning blood-letting every motive escalate

Automotive incinerate light a candle light a motive

Step down step down watching heel crush crush

Uh oh this means no beer, Cavalier renegade steer clear

A tournament a tournament a tournament of lies

	Bb	A
	Offer me solutions offer me alternatives and	I decline

Chorus

Bridge | G | C | G | C | G | F |

Chorus

The other night I drifted nice continental trip to find

Mountains stand in a line, Leonard Bernstein

Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs

Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom

You symbiotic patriotic slam butt neck right? right!

Chorus --> | G |

Chorus ('acapella') end this chorus with a 'jangly C'

Chorus to fade

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

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	G	C
	That's great it starts with an e	arthquake

	G
Birds and snakes and aero	planes

	C
Lenny Bruce is not afr	aid

	G
E	ye of a hurricane listen to yourself churn

	C
W	orld serves its own needs dummy serve your own needs

	G
S	peed it up a notch speed grunt nose street burn

	C
The l	adder starts to clatter with dinner fight down height

	Bb
W	ire in a fire room represent the southern gangs

	A
In a gove	rnment for hire and a combat site

Lefty wasn't coming in a hurry

With the furies breathing down your neck

Team by team reporters grapple trunk tethered crop

Look at that low plane fine then

Uh oh overflow population cornered

But it'll do save yourself serve yourself

World serves its own needs listen to your heartbeat

Tell me that the reds are in the reverend in the right right?

You patriotic patriotic slam fight right might feeling pretty psyched

	G	D	Am
It's the e	nd of the wor	ld as we kn	ow it

	G	D	Am
It's the e	nd of the wor	ld as we kn	ow it

	G	D	Am	C	C/B
It's the e	nd of the wor	ld as we kn	ow it and I feel fin	e

Six o'clock TV hour don't get caught foreign tower

Slice and burn return listen to yourself churn lock him in uniform

And book-burning blood-letting every motive escalate

Automotive incinerate light a candle light a motive

Step down step down watching heel crush crush

Uh oh this means no fear cavalier renegade steer clear

A tournament a tournament a tournament of lies

Offer me solutions offer me alternatives and I decline

It's the end of the world as we know it

(It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it

(It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

	G	C	G	C	G	F
I	feel f	ine    I	feel  f	ine

The other night I drifted nice continental trip to find

Mount Saint Edelite Leonard Bernstein

Leonid Brezhnev Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs

Birthday party cheesecake jellybeans boom

You symbiotic patriotic slam foot neck right right

The One I Love

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        Riff:  E:   --------------0-0-0-0-0-------------
               B:   ---------3-s--5-3-5-5-3-------------
               G:   ---------2--------------------------
               D:   ---------0--------------------------
               A:    -----------------------------------
               E:   -0-0-3-5---------------------0-0-3-5-

	Em	D	Em7
T	his one goes out t	o the one I l	ove

	Em	D	Em7
T	his one goes out t	o the one I've le	ft behind

	G	Gsus4	D	C
A	sim	ple pr	op to occ	upy my time

	Em	D	Em7
T	his one goes out t	o the one I l	ove

Fire

This one goes out to the one I love

This one goes out to the one I've left behind

Another prop has occupied my time

This one goes out to the one I love

E: --0-3-5- D chord D# chord Em chord

King Of Birds

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Intro : D

	D
	A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone

A mean idea to call my own

Old man don't lay so still you're not yet young

There's time to teach, point to point

Point observation, children carry reservations

	G
Standing on the shoulders of giants,	leaves me cold

	F#m	A	D
	A mean idea to call my own, a	hundred million birds fly

	D
	Singer sing me a given, singer sing me a song

Standing on the shoulders of giants everybody's looking on

	G
Standing on the shoulders of giants	leaves me cold

	F#m	A	B
	A mean idea to call my own, a	hundred million birds fly	away

E B E --> D

away... awaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyieeeeeee

(this part sung 'on top of' the 2nd line in the 2nd verse)

There's time to teach point to point

Point observation children carry reservations

	D
	I am king of all I see my kingdom for a voice

Old man don't lay so still you're not yet young

Old man don't lay so still you're not yet young

There's time to teach, point to point

Point observation, children carry reservations

	G
Standing on the shoulders of giants,	leaves me cold

	F#m	A	D
	A mean idea to call my own, a	hundred million birds	fly