Ezra Furman – Trauma (Guitar)

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Hey! This was done entirely by ear, so if anything sounds off, drop a comment [Intro] D C G A# G X2 [Verse]
D                                         C
What makes a girl start a fire in the hall

               G               A#       G
Leave a lipstick scrawl on the bathroom mirror?

D                      C
She won't settle for a pile of scrap metal

          G                      A#           G
While you work the gas pedal at another man's steer

D                         C
She takes her time as authorities arrive

      G                      A#         G
Going out for a smoke in the empty back lot

D                      C
She sees the world she imagined as a girl

      G                    A#        G
Was a lottery ticket for a phony jackpot
[Chorus]
E                                   G              D
Years roll on and we still have not dealt with our trauma

E                                   G             A
Years roll on and we still have not looked at our sin
[Verse 2]
D                       C
What makes a man take a hammer in his hand

          G                        A#      G
Shatter every last window of the company store

D                C
At 3 AM with the furies back again?

         G                     A#       G
Now it's him against them in a personal war

D                  C
The mind snaps and economies collapse

         G                              A#       G
When the one who works hardest gets the smallest reward

D               C
The big scam is nobody gives a damn

         G                              A#           G
That the penthouse suite depends on the bottom three floors
[Bridge]
Bm   G                          D
And I know how hard you've been working

Bm     G                        D
We all know somebody who's been killed

Bm                         G
We hold power, though it's only for the hour

        D
Let the ivory tower know the power we wield

Bm                       G                                D
They know we got 'em and empire's in its autumn when it's built
From the bottom and the bottom won't build [Chorus]
E                                     G              D
Years roll on and they still have not dealt with our trauma

E                                     G               A
Years roll on and they still have not looked at their sin
[Outro] D C G A# G