Silver Jews – The Frontier Index (Guitar)

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The Natural Bridge (1996) Riff that plays over C D7 Bm7 Em :
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[Chorus] C D7 Bm7 Em
C                      D7
Of all of the people I knew

  Bm7                 Em
I always looked up to you

          C                     D7
And after millions of years of crime

    Bm7                  Em
The sun still shines and shines
[Verse]
Em                C
Look, a horse, of course

D                          C
Gallops through the desert light

  Em                          C
I make such good time through sub-space

       D                           C
When I dream all day and write all night

Em                 C
Robot walks into a bar

          D                  C
Orders a drink, lays down a bill

Em                            C
Bartender says, "Hey, we don't serve robots"

         D           C
And the robot says, "Oh, but someday you will"
[Chorus] C D7 Bm7 Em
C                        D7
Prison's a good time for some

      Bm7                     Em
Many people get caught with a gun

C                                 D7
This trucker says it's good to be free

        Bm7                      Em
Says he knows lots of folks who agree
[Verse]
Em              C
Bumper stickers talk to him

      D                         C
Say, "Let the stars get in your eyes"

Em                   C
Time, cum, sand, and surf

                                  D         C
These are the building, building blocks of life

Em                       C
Boy wants a car from his dad

            D                         C
Dad says, "First, you got to cut that hair"

Em                   C
Boy says, "Hey, Dad, Jesus had long hair"

                D                 C
And Dad says, "That's right, son, Jesus walked everywhere"
[Chorus] C D7 Bm7 Em
C                   D7
When I was younger, I was a cobra

Bm7                           Em
In every case, I wanted to be cool

C                      D7
Now that I'm older and sub-space is colder

Bm7                      Em
Just wanna say something true