Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Riff

Riff x2

And if the snow

 Buries my

My neighborhood

 And if my parents are crying

 Then I'll dig a tunnel

 From my window to yours

 Yeah a tunnel

 From my window to yours

You climb out the chimney

 And meet me in the middle

 The middle of the town

 And since there's no one else around

 We let our hair grow long

 And forget all we used to know

 Then our skin gets thicker

 From living out in the snow

Chorus

You change all the lead

Sleepin' in my head

As the day grows dim

 I hear you sing a golden hymn

Riff

Then we tried to name our babies

 But we forgot all the names that

 The names we used to know

 But sometimes, we remember our bedrooms

 And our parent's bedrooms

 And the bedrooms of our friends

 Then we think of our parents,

 Well what ever happened to them

Chorus

You change all the lead

 Sleepin' in my head to gold

As the day grows dim

 I hear you sing a golden hymn

 The song I've been trying to sing

Purify the colors, purify my mind

Purify the colors

 Purify my mind

 And spread the ashes of the colors, over this heart of mine

ooooooooooh, ooooooooooh |

| x2

ooooooooooh, ooooooooooh |

Riff x2

2. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)

Intro

x4

Alexander, our older brother

Set out for, a great adventure

He tore our images, out of his pictures

He scratched our names out, of all his letters

Our mother should of

Just named you Laika

Come on Alex, you can do it

Come on Alex, there's nothin' to it

If you want somethin', don't ask for nothin'

If you want nothin', don't ask for somethin'

Our mother should of

Just named you Laika

It's for your own good

It's for the neighborhood

The neighborhood

Our older brother, bit by a vampire

For a year we caught his tears in a cup

And now we're gonna, make him drink it

Come on Alex, don't die or dry up

Our mother should of

Just named you Laika

It's for your own good

It's for the neighborhood

The neighborhood

When daddy comes home

 you always start a fight

So the neighbors can dance

 In the police, disco lights

The police, disco lights

Now the neighbors can dance

Now the neighbors can dance

Now the neighbors can dance

Now the neighbors can dance, look at 'em dance

3. Une Annee Sans Lumiere

x2

Hey, the streetlights all burnt out

 Une annee sans lumieres

 Je monte un cheval

 Qui porte des oeilleres

Hey, my eyes are shooting sparks

 La nuit, mes yeux t'eclairent

 Ne dis pas a ton pere

 Qu'il porte des oeillieres

Hey, your old man should know

 If you see a shadow

 there's something there

 So hey, my eyes are shooting sparks

 La nuit, mes yeux t'eclairent

 Ne dis pas a ton pere

 Qu'il porte des oeillieres

Hey, your old man should know

 If you see a shadow

 There's something there

Solo

x3

Fast Tempo:

4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

Intro

x2

I woke up with the power out, not really somethin' to shout about

Ice has covered up my parent's hands, don't have any dreams don't have any plans

I went out into the night, I went out to find some light

Kids are swingin' from the power lines, nobody's home so nobody minds

I woke up on the darkest night neighbors all were shouting that they found the light

We found the light

Shadows jumpin' all over my walls, some of them big, some of them small

I went out into the night I went out to pick a fight with anyone

Light a candle for the kids, Jesus Christ don't keep it hid

Ice has covered up my parents hands, don't have any dreams don't have any plans

Growin' up in some strange storm, nobody's cold, nobody's warm

I went out into the night, I went out to find some light

Kids are dyin' out in the snow, look at them go,look at them go

x4

And the power's out, in the heart of man

 Take it from your heart, put it in your hand

What's the plan, what's the plan

Is it a dream, is it a lie, I think I'll let you decide

 Just light a candle for the kids, Jesus Christ don't keep it hid

 Cause nothing's hid, from us kids

 You ain't foolin' nobody, with the lights out

x4

And the power's out, in the heart of man

 Take it from your heart, put it in your hand

 And there's something wrong in the heart of man

 Take it from your heart and put it in your hand

Hand ha ha hand, where'd you go

x2

5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)

 I am waitin', 'til I don’t know when

 Cause I’m sure, it's gonna happen then

 Time keeps creepin', through the neighborhood

 Killing old folks, wakin' up babies just like we knew it would

 All the neighbors, are startin' up a fire

 Burning all the old folks, the witches and the liars

 My eyes are covered by the hands of my unborn kids

 But my heart keeps watchin', through the skin of my eyelids

 They say a watched pot, won’t ever boil

  [G/f#]

Well I closed my eyes and nothin’ changed

 Just some water, getting hotter, in the flames

 It's not a lover I want no more

 And it’s not heaven, I’m pining for

 But there's some spirit I used to know

 That's been drowned out, by the radio

They say a watched pot won't ever boil

  [G/f#]

You can't raise a baby on motor oil

 Just like a seed down in the soil, you gotta give it time

6. Crown Of Love

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 They say it fades if you let it

 love was made to forget it

 I carved your name across my eyelids

 You pray for rain I pray for blindness

 If you still want me, please forgive me

 The crown of love has fallen from me

 If you still want me, please forgive me

 Because the spark is not within me

 I snuffed it out before my mom walked in my bedroom

 The only thing that you keep changin'

 Is your name, my love keeps growin'

 Still the same, just like a cancer

 And you won’t give me a straight answer

 If you still want me, please forgive me

 The crown of love has fallen from me

 If you still want me please forgive me

 Because your hands are not upon me

 I shrugged them off before my mom walked in my bedroom

 The pains of love, and they keep growin'

 In my heart there’s flowers growin'

 On the grave of our old love

 Since you gave me a straight answer

 If you still want me, please forgive me

 The crown of love is not upon me

 If you still want me, please forgive me

 Cause this crown is not within me

 It’s not within me, it’s not within me

 You gotta be the one, you gotta be the way

 Your name is the only word that I can say

You gotta be the one, you gotta be the way

 Your name is the only word, the only word that I can say

 The only word that I can say

7. Wake Up

Intro

Oh oh, oh oh oh oh

  Oh oh, oh oh oh oh

  Oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Something filled up

My heart with nothin'

Someone told me not to cry

But now that I'm older

My heart's colder

And I can see that it's a lie

Children, wake up

Hold your mistake up

Before they turn the summer into dust

If the children don't grow up

Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up

We're just a million little gods causing rain storms

 Turning every good thing to rust

 I guess we'll just have to adjust

With my lightning bolts a glowin'

I can see where I am going to be when

 The reaper he reaches and touches my hand

x2

With my lightning bolts a glowin'

 I can see where I am going

With my lightning bolts a glowin'

 I can see where I am going

Better look out below

8. Haiti

Intro

Haiti, mon pays

 Wounded mother I’ll never see

 Ma famille set me free

 Throw my ashes into the sea

x4

 Mes cousins jamais nes

 Hantent les nuits de Duvalier

 Rien n’arrete nos espirits

 Guns can’t kill what soldiers can’t see

 In the forest we are hiding

 Unmarked graves where flowers grow

 Hear the soldiers angry yelling

 In the river we will go

 Tous les morts-nes forment une armee

 Soon we will reclaim the earth

 All the tears and all the bodies

 Bring about our second birth

 Haiti, never free

 n’aie pas peur de sonner l’alarme

 Tes enfants sont partis

 In those days their blood was still warm

9. Rebellion (Lies)

Intro

x4

Sleeping is giving in

 No matter what the time is

Sleeping is giving in

 So lift those heavy eyelids

People say that you'll die

Faster than without water

But we know it's just a lie

Scare your son, scare your daughter

x2

People say that your dreams

 Are the only things that save ya

Come on baby in our dreams

We can live our misbehavior

Chorus

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

People try and hide the night

Underneath the covers

People try and hide the light

Underneath the covers

Come on hide your lovers, underneath the covers

Come on hide your lovers, underneath the covers

Hidin' from your brothers, underneath the covers

Come on hide your lovers, underneath the covers

x2

People say that you'll die

Faster than without water

But we know it's just a lie

Scare your son, scare your daughter

Scare your son, scare your daughter

Scare your son, scare your daughter

 Now here's the sun, it's alright, lies, lies

 Now here's the moon, it's alright, lies, lies

 Now here's the sun, it's alright, lies, lies

 Now here's the moon, it's alright, lies, lies

 But every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

 But every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies

Solo

x8

10. In The Backseat

I like the peace, in the backseat

I don’t have to drive, I don’t have to speak

I can watch the country side, and I can fall asleep

My family tree's, loosing all it’s leaves

Crashing towards the driver's seat, the lightning bolt made enough heat

 To melt the street beneath your feet

Chorus

 Alice died

 In the night

 I’ve been learning to drive

 My whole life

 I’ve been learning

I like the peace, in the backseat

I don’t have to drive, I don’t have to speak

I can watch the country side

Chorus

 Alice died

 In the night

 I’ve been learning to drive

 My whole life

 I’ve been learning Oh ooooooooooh

My Whole life