Matthew Good Band – Sort Of A Protest Song (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) • Capo 1
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Chords

The Audio Of Being 2001 This is the bare bones of the acoustic version he plays live. C x32010 G 320033 Am x02210 play around with b string
C/B   x20010
GaddA 320035
C G Am C/B C C/B Am C C/B Am
C                 G
I can't remember 1989

Am                     C/B
I can't remember what you look like

        C  C/B Am
Because I was dime'd

            C        C/B      Am
Wasn't the whole world at the time?

C               G
A robot heart for my sleep in

Am             C/B
Girl she knows CPR

  C        C/B     Am
so I can come back to life

      C          C/B     Am
Yeah, I can come back to life

     C        GaddA                Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun

     C        GaddA                        Am           GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run

     C        GaddA            Am           GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun

     C        GaddA                    Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun
C G Am C/B C C/B Am C C/B Am
C          G
I had me a vision

Am       C/B
I was a fireman

     C     C/B Am
In a time of fires

     C   C/B   Am
And I was paralyzed

  C      G
A robot heart

       Am        C/B
For a theme park world

    C        C/B   Am
Whatever keeps us alive

    C        C/B        Am
Whatever keeps claim to us being civilized

     C        GaddA                Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun

     C        GaddA                        Am           GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run

     C        GaddA            Am           GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun

     C        GaddA                    Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

Am    C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah

Am   C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah

C                 G
I can't remember 1989

  Am                     C/B
I try, but I forget what you look like

     C        C/B  Am
Baby I ain't dime'd

     C        C/B           Am
But yeah, it still keeps me up at night

   C     G
A robot heart

   Am      C/B
For a robot boy

    C          C/B   Am
Who dreamed he was a lion

     C             C/B     Am
Our lives in these empty spaces aside

     C        GaddA                Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun

     C        GaddA                        Am           GaddA
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run

     C        GaddA            Am           GaddA
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun

     C        GaddA                    Am           GaddA
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

Am    C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah

Am   C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah

Am   C/B  C
Yeah Yeah Yeah
© Matthew Good / 2013 Matt hammers on the b string quite a bit in the Am and the C/B and during the yeahs the C. As always, its an outline.