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capo on 4th fret

I wasn’t looking to shift my direction
My eyes straight ahead hands ten
and two

The gravity of our first connection
Veering off the road
and into you

All the people drive by slowly gawking at the scene
Of the smoldering inevitable spark and gasoline

All the way I
met you head on full speed
At the heart the blue flame burns

All
the way I took the crash course impact

But have I learned all that I’m
supposed to learn

No amount of playing safe could save me from
this day

The head seeking path of my trajectory

Didn’t we cooly
divest of predestination

Slamming into futures we can’t see

I
know what can happen when there’s more than meets the eye

But there’s no
way to avoid it just get in the car and drive

All the way I met
you head on full speed

At the heart the blue flame burns

All the
way I took crash course impact

But have I learned all that I’m supposed
to learn

It makes me laugh, we’re talking over tea

When
I can still smell the smoke on my sleeve

Steaming like gun smoke the
wreckage of our past

The scene of a crime I still can’t leave

Oh
you and me, we should let well enough be

But each revisitation points to
clues

There’s the oil slick of uncertainty

And warning signs back
there we didn’t use

At least we laugh about it now how we escaped alive

It’s remarkable the mess we make and what we can survive

Right and left it’s all the same conspiracy
Just cause you ask, doesn’t make a difference to me.

You could keep it all or give it away
but where did it come from in the first place?
[G-F#-Em]Robbing Peter to pay me and I’ll just be
giving it back to Peter to feel free

Now you have to fix everything thats broke
cause it’ll never leave you alone
[G-F#-Em]Reinvent the wheel be the butt of a joke,
take the long road to charity.

Right or left it’s all the same conspiracy
robbing Peter to pay Paul
or robbing Peter to pay me.

(same as other verses)
Yeah it’s too hard, oh well, jump in
forget about the sharks and swim
cause now you’re one, now you’re one.
Yeah it’s too hard, oh well, jump in
forget about the sharks and swim
cause now you’re one, now you’re one.

You can’t deny it any more
Ahhhh Ahhhh Where you come from
ahhh ahhh givin it bacK
Cant deny it any more
ahhh ahhh it’ll never leave you alone
ahhhh ahhhh Take the long road to Charity

Yeah, right or left it’s all the same conspiracy
Yeah, robbing Peter to pay Paul
Robbing Peter to pay me
robbing Peter to pay Paul
Robbing Peter to pay me

CANT DENY IT ANYMORE…..

[G-F#-Em]

(tune down one half step, or capo up one and transpose these chords down one whole step)

It didn’t happen for you
No one wants to hear the truth
Coming from three political queers
Back in the punk rock blues
So you break up the band
And leave us all in tow
And now we got to figure out where to go

Caught it at a rave (Did it fuel your fascination?)
Saw it on my TV (Did it lighten up your load?)
And every fking DJ (Did you feel affiliated?)
Was telling me I’m free (Like your really had at all)
Free to be a loser (Your taking crosses too high)
Free to be a trend (Were the lights too bright?)
Free to be a backlash over and over and over again
(Was it all over somehow)

You say I’m losing inspiration
One band at a time
Cuz I got know that someone
Somewhere out there
Is singing for our side

(instrumental break)

I come up share the motor and the blues
What we built together we shared that too
And the wind may come and the rain may fall
But we stand together or we don’t stand at all
And I say “where are going you to now?”
Now that the door is closed
(Where are you going to now?)

Its the history of survival
Swimming up the stream
Crossing over one dam after another
Until we get to Rock & Roll Heaven’s Gate
(Yeah you)
Caught it at a rave (Did it fuel your fascination?)
Saw it on my TV (Did it lighten up your load?)
And every fking DJ (Did you feel affiliated?)
Was telling me I’m free (Like your really had at all)
Free to be a loser (You’re taking crosses too high)
Free to be a trend (Were the lights too bright?)
Free to be a backlash over and over
Until I get to Rock & Roll Heaven’s Gate