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Nation Of Heat by Joe Pug
Nation Of Heat
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:2nd fret
[Chords]
Em (022000)
G (320033)
G6 (302033)
D (xx0232)
C (302010)
(The G6 chord is really just lifting your index finger from the A string and
hammering it on the D string (2nd fret). Listen to the song for timing.)
[Intro]
Em D G G6 G X4
[Verse 1]
G C G G6 G G6 G
Across from the prison and beside the great lake
Em D G G6 G G6 G
Below the rooftops and above the highways
C G G6 G G6 G
The spirits pay rental on the basements they haunt
Em D G G6 G G6
And the painters just draw pictures of the things that they want
G
Em D G G6
I cook my dinner on the blacktop street
Em D G G6 G G6 G
I come from the nation of heat
[Verse 2]
G C G G6 G G6 G
Outside the train station there's a bold painted sign
Em D G G6 G G6 G
It says "try to be patient, don't forget to choose sides"
C G G6 G G6 G
We got the loudest explosions you ever heard
Em D G G6 G G6 G
We got two dollar soldiers and ten dollar words
Em D G G6
If I didn't own boots I wouldn't need feet
Em D G G6 G G6 G
I come from the nation of heat
[Verse 3]
G C G G6 G G6 G
So swift and so vicious are the carnival rides
Em D G G6 G G6 G
And the carnival barker'll yell your name for a bribe
C G G6 G G6 G
we got billboards for love and Japanese cars
Em D G G6 G G6 G
It ain't rare to hear the streetlights call themselves stars
Em D G G6
The more that I learn the more that I cheat
Em D G
I come from the nation of heat
[Harmonica solo]
Em D G G6 G x4
[Verse 4]
G C G G6 G G6 G
I've seen skeleton mothers and hungry folks
Em D G G6 G G6 G
Across the street from the kitchens that cook dinner the most
C G G6 G G6 G
Sometimes you hear whispers by the dark of the moon
Em D G G6 G G6 G
That we promised too much and gave it too soon
Em D G G6
Even our coughs and our fevers compete
Em D G G6 G G6 G
I come from the nation of heat
[Verse 5]
G C G G6 G G6 G
Blockin borders with smiles are immigrant sons
Em D G G6 G G6 G
we measure loneliness and miles and misery in tons
C G G6 G G6 G
There's a straw-hatted man rowing away from the shore
Em D G G6 G G6
Who says "It's a shame they don't let you have slaves here anymore"
G
Em D G G6
I'm the ugliest man that you'll ever meet
Em D G
I come from the nation of heat
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