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The New Wild West by Jewel


       The New Wild West 



Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:no capo

[Verse 1]
 Dm
You see the ghosts of the buffalo
 
Moving both fierce and slow
  D
Like glittering prophesies
 
On the edge of the horizon
   Dm
As you drive glittering highways
 
And beaten-up by-ways
  D
That straddle and girdle
 
A great and many-faced nation
 Dm
You see lambs in the ghettos
 
Who worship their Gepettos
  D
Believing in, though never seeing
 
The strings they think bind them
  Dm
So you write to our congressmen
 
With bleeding pens
Dm
Of the sorrow within
 
And in return they just send
                                        D
Tickets to the latest Tom Hanks show
 
 
[Chorus]
 F             G         Dm
Welcome to the new wild west
 F    G           D
Each man for himself
F          G
Civilized steeples
      C      G
And lonely people
 F             G         Dm
Welcome to the new wild west
 
 
[Verse 2]
          Dm
There are so many factions
 
And cue-card reactions
Dm
It's hard to keep clear
 
The possibilities here
                            D
'Cause there's no force to unite them
   Dm
Privilege has ruled for thousands of years
 
Wars have been fought with bibles and tears
Dm
Yet liberation can't deny the temptation
                       D
And soon becomes the oppressor
 Dm
Show me a leader who's fit to lead
 
Who don't sow his seed in anything
 
Wounded enough to breed
 
Because after all what fun is power
                         D
If you can't act like a rock star?
 
 
[Chorus]
 F             G         Dm
Welcome to the new wild west
 F    G           D
Each man for himself
F          G
Civilized steeples
      C      G
And lonely people
 F              G
Welcome to the new-
 
 
[Instrumental]
Am           F           G
La la da da, la la la la da da x4
 
 
[Verse 3]
    Dm
See me, I've been cruel
 
I've been petty and unkind
Dm
But I know my own mind
 
And since it seems clear
Dm
There's no one leading us here
 
The only thing left it appears
                                        D
Is to task ourselves to be better each time
 
Then those before us
      Dm
We'll be an army of theives
 
Of self-freed slaves
Dm
Of mild-mannered maids
 
We'll fight with whispers and blades
                           D
So get ready, a new day is dawning
 
 
[Chorus]
 F             G         Dm
Welcome to the new wild west
 F    G           D
Each man for himself
F          G
Civilized steeples
      C      G
And lonely people
 F             G         Dm
Welcome to the new wild west






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