Tape From California

Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste [Verse 1] E Who's that coming down the road D A A sailor from the sea D F#m He looks a lot like me E G I'd know him anywhere, had to stare E Feathers at his fingertips D A A halo 'round his spine D F#m he must have lost his mind E G he should be put away, right away C#m In the corner of the night D Bm he handed me his waterpipe F#m Bm E His eyes were searching deep inside my head E Here's what he said [Chorus] Am Sorry I can't stop and talk now D I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow C G A But I'll send you a tape from California [Verse 2] E D A New York city has exploded and it's crashed upon my head D F#m I dove beneath the bed E G Fighting, biting nails, turning pale E The landlord's at my window D A And the burglar's at my door D F#m I can't take it anymore E G I guess I'll have to fly, it's worth a try C#m Someone's banging on the wall D Bm But there's no party to recall F#m Bm E The singer of the shadows of his soul E So he's been told [Chorus] Am Sorry I can't stop and talk now D I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow C G A But I'll send you a tape from California [Bridge 1] D C D C From the mirror of my mantle to the velvet on my vest D C Am E Trapped upon a stolen stage, a Barrymore at best A G A G My rhymes are all repeating, ballads growing blind G#m A F#m B7 Words have turned to water, the women turned to wine [Verse 3] E D A The draft board is debating if they'd like to take my life D F#m I'd sooner take a wife E And have raise a child or two G Wouldn't you? E Peace has turned to poison D A The flag has blown a fuse D F#m Even courage is confused E G And now all the brave are in the grave C#m Century is bending D Bm have a very happy ending F#m Bm E To the victor go the ashes of the spoils E Seeds in the soil [Chorus] Am Sorry I can't stop and talk now D I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow C G A But I'll send you a tape from California [Verse 4] E The flower-power fuller brush man D A is farming out his friends D F#m I stabbed him with my stem E G And then I tapped his toes with my rose E He crawled around inside himself D A Now he's crawling after me D F#m Dropping acid in my tea E G He wants to save his soul, rock and roll C#m One of us must understand D Bm It's not the drug that makes the man F#m Bm E Then a poster of a movie star walked by E He must have been high [Chorus] Am Sorry I can't stop and talk now D I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow C G A But I'll send you a tape from California [Bridge 2] D C D C Half the world is crazy and the other half is scared D C Am E Maddonas do the minuet for the naked millionaires A G A G The anarchists are rising while we're racing for the moon G#m A F#m B7 It doesn't take a seer to see that the scene is coming soon [Verse 5] E Who's that coming down the road D A A sailor from the sea D F#m He looks a lot like me E G I'd know him anywhere, had to stare E A fire around his fingertips D A A song around his spine D F#m He must have found his mind E G He should be put away, anyway C#m Surrounded by the slaughter D Bm Now I'm boarding at the border F#m Bm E When the echoes of my ecstacy appear E Wish I was here [Chorus] Am Sorry I can't stop and talk now D I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow C G A But I'll send you a tape from California