Guided by Voices – Land Of Danger (Guitar)

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Chords

For the "D*" chord you can choose to alter between D, Dsus2 and Dsus4, up to how you want it to sound [Intro] F D x2 (Single strum) F D x2 [Verse 1]
F                                D
Oh, baby -- this is the land of danger
(each and every home a battlefield)
F                                      D
Oh, baby -- this is the throat of a stranger
(searching for the blood that's now congealed)
F                                  D
Oh, baby -- this is a thick muddy mystery
(tearing at the pages of our past)
F                                         D
Oh, baby -- this is the straight path of history
(human motion -- land and ocean) [Chorus]
  D*    F   D*  F
Try to run,

  D*    F   D*  F
try to hide

             Bbm                               G
It's been a long, long, long, long long, long time

             Bbm                               G
It's been a long, long, long, long long, long time
F D x2 [Verse 2]
F                                      D
Oh, baby -- this is the fresh flesh of anger
(calling out for action in the streets)
F                                   D
Oh, baby -- this is a slow running canker
(opened up by victories and defeats)
F                                     D
Oh, baby -- this is the night of the dancer
(dancing on a time bomb in my head)
F                                 D
Oh, baby -- this is the ultimate cancer
(human notion -- fear in motion) [Chorus]
  D*    F   D*  F
Try to run,

  D*    F   D*  F
try to hide

             Bbm                               G
It's been a long, long, long, long long, long time

             Bbm                               G
It's been a long, long, long, long long, long time
F D x2 [Coda]
G                                        A             G
  Don't tell me everything's gonna work out anymore

                                      A
Don't tell me everything's gonna work out anymore

    D*         Am         D*         Am      G
Of danger, of danger, of danger, of danger

                                      A  N.C.
Don't tell me everything's gonna work out