Nada Surf – Song For Congress (Guitar)

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Album: _ ______________________________________________________________________ [Verse 1]
F                      C
I’m a New Yorker with long American roots

G                                  F                 Am
I see a land that’s tilting and I don’t know what to do

Dm                            F
Something is different, this danger feels new

                C  G
Who do we look to?

        Dm                    F
In the capitol building, the chosen few

                    G
I wrote a song for you
I wrote a song for you [Chorus]
F                    C
As you walk through Statuary Hall

G                      F
Do you hear the marble breathing?

F                    C
All the statues are trying to talk

G                               F
What do you think that they’re saying?
[Verse 2]
Dm           F              C           G
The muse of history writes everything down

Dm                F           C              G
She writes just what she sees in Washington town
[Chorus]
F                    C
As you walk through Statuary Hall

G                         F
Did you catch the marble moving?

F                     C
All these statues are trying to walk

G                                F
Where do you think that they’re going?
[Verse 3]
Dm          F               C        G
We’re on a bigger team than left or right

Dm                    F            C       G
We have a flickering history as a guiding light

Dm                    F               C          G    F
Don't want to see the American dream die in the night
[Bridge]
A#                   F
Around the world in bars and parks

C       G
People commiserate

A#                 F
Complex feelings around this flag of ours

C                         G
But don't want to see it fade

A#          F         C        G
They still want their American friend
[Chorus]
F                    C
As you walk through Statuary Hall

G                     F
Do you see the marble moving?

F                      C
All these statues are starting to walk

G                                F
Where do you think that they’re going?
[Outro]
   F             C             G   F
To find the man who would be king

         F                   C       G  F
Doesn’t seem to care about anything

F                  C
Now's the time to do something

        G               F
Do we dare look away, turn our heads
As we slide into the dark?
F                  C
Now’s the time to do something

            G
When we’re old, looking back

         F
We will cry when we see what we have done

F                  C
Now’s the time to say something

     G                       F
Families split up, the world heating up

Am                 Em
Now’s the time to say something

        F            C       G
We are letting hate lead us away