Standard (EADGBE)

Riff

 Opens with 12th fret harmonics: (2x)

Gentle hum of the old machines

 Here we come scrubbed and scoured

Patches on our jeans

When the drone sounds in the cool night wind

 We pick up the call

Kick all the traces in

 Hungry for love

 Ready to drown

 So tie down the sails

 We're going downtown

Great big drain on the power grid

You may not like Tate's methods

 But you've got to admit she's a real nice kid

We walk light down the wire

Higher than weather balloons

Empty hearts on fire

 Hungry for love

 Ready to drown

 So tie down the sails tonight

 We're going downtown