Dog Prophecies

Intro D Bm F#m D Bm F#m [Verso 1] D Bm My mother's in the garden, my brother's in the yard F#m Dad's under the car, swearing at God D Bm In the late July evening, I'm watching the sky F# Usher my grandfather one last goodbye [Pré-Refrão] D Bm As the pink fades to orange, I am wishing once more F#m I were nine and that time were a friend, one of mine D Bm F# I go (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) [Verso 2] D Bm But now, who am I kidding? Never had one of those F#m I swirl in the backyard, I run with the ghosts D Bm As the neighbor's dog barking his prophetic spout: F#m "Your youth is a crown that you're doomed to lose now" D Bm And the war's on the home front, it's coming by twos F#m As the late July heat crashes over you D Bm And if love had a spark, it went out on the Fourth F#m It was buried in the backyard, why carry the torch? [Pré-Refrão] D Bm Now it roams through the garden where the vegetables grow F#m And my mother, the gardener, where she will stop D Bm F# I don't know (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) D Bm F# I don't know (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) [Refrão] D Bm (Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off) F#m (Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me) D Bm (Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off) F#m (Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me) D Bm Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off F#m Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me D Bm Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off F#m Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me [Pós-Refrão] D Bm F# (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) D Bm F# (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) [Verso 3] D Dm Bm Now my brother, he's a good one, he was born a grown man F#m Knee stains of cut grass, still he's coming in last D Bm Too soft in the middle, the town turns up its nose F#m D "Can you see through my riddle?" to the child still wearing his clothes Bm F#m (Can you get close?) D Still wearing his clothes Bm F#m (Can you get close?) [Ponte] D Dm The Midwest has fallen, Downtown wants it back F#m Hope they have a cement that can seal up the cracks D Bm Take my stone fruit and thunder, lock it up tight F#m But no city street show can block out the sight [Pré-Refrão] D Bm F#m Of my mother, my brother, my father, and that late July night D Bm F#m Of my mother, my brother, the gardener, and that late July night [Refrão] D Bm (Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off) F#m (Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me) D Bm (Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off) F#m (Heavyweight, take a break, take a break) N.C. (Take a break) [Refrão] D Bm Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off F#m Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me D Bm Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off F#m Gravity, gravity, have some grace D Bm Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off F#m Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me D Bm Heavyweight, take a break, take a load, take it off F#m Gravity, gravity, have some grace on me