Bright Eyes - Trees Get Wheeled Away

tab by joe lamb – lamb . joe@gmail . com
hope you enjoy playing this great song!

capo on first fret , standard tuning .

intro :
C , G , C . . .

verse one
C
anchormen spike their blood
G
wear masks of mud
C F
cucumbers cut to fit their eyes
C G
and so no one would know how tired they’ve grown
C G C
of talking and telling their lies

verse two
C
while the tvs change stations
G
scroll messages
C F
victims and christians both , drinking blood
C G
and they’ll pray for the destruction , of all hatred
C G C
more often just those with hate for us

verse three
C G
cause it hurts when you discover one’s worse and one’s better
C F
to suffer or cause others to
C
and you can live by your conscience
G
now guilt , is a concept
C G C
you’re no longer subscribing to

chorus
F Fm
there’s a virgin in my bed
C G Am
and she’s taking off her dress
F C G
and i’m not sure what i Am gonna do
F Fm
there’s a song stuck in my head
C G Am
and i can’t help singing it
F C G
oh how i hope my singing pleases you
Am
cause this is not who ive become
G C
but what you make me into

bridge
C , F , C , Fm , C , F , C , Fm , C , G . . . . .

verse four
C
oh we got no health insurance
G
no cellular service
C F
no disease they can cure
C
but we need more money to burn
G C G C
so each person must learn the dollar amount they are worth

verse five
C
and those pills make me dizzy
G
forgetting my body
C F
i watch as it walks away
C
and i just keep drinking the poison
G
and smoking the cartons
C G C
a pack and a half a day

verse si
x C
so when time comes to claim me
G C F
my friends and my family will gather around my grave
C G
and they’ll believe that they knew me and love me and miss me
C G C
and all call me by my name

chorus
F Fm
so imagine what you want
C G Am
and then hold on to that thought
F C G
cause that’s as close as it will ever come
F Fm C G Am
and believe you’re where you are and keep acting out the part
F C G
but at the end of the end of the day the trees all get wheeled away
Am G C
and you’ll be standing alone in a blank blank space

chorus ( gently )
F Fm
so believe you’re who you are
C G Am
and stay in character
F C G
but at the end of the play the audience walks away
Am G C
and i’ll be shivering cold on a well lit stage .