WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Dan Bern - Wasteland Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
G* G G* G G* G G/F#
[Verse 1]
G D C
I saw the best of my generation playing pinball
G D C D
Maked-up and caked-up and looking like some kind of china doll
G D Em C D
With all of Adolf Hitler's moves down cold as they stood up in front of a rock and roll band
G D Em C D
And always moving upward and ever upward to this gentle, golden promised land
G D
With the smartest of them all moonlighting as a word processor
Em C G
And the strongest of them all checking IDs outside saloons
D Em
And the prettiest of all taking off her clothes in front of men
C G C
Whose eyes look like they were in some little hick town near Omaha
G C D
Watching the police chief run his car off the side of a bridge
G D Em C
And I saw a men with dreams like the ones I'd had beg quarters outside the 7-11
G C
Till it got so they didn't affect me anymore than the mailboxes I'd pass
G C D
'Cept that sometimes I'd put something in the mailbox
Bm C
I'd had the wind at my back, now I felt it cold in my face
G D Em
And for an awful long time now you were the only one who ever called me late at night
C G
And I never really noticed till after you stopped calling
C C/B D
And the emptiness and silence got so heavy
[Chorus]
G
Broken up in the wasteland
Bm
Broken up in the promised land
C
Broken up in Disneyland
D
Broken up in the plastic land
Em
Broken up in the wasteland
C
Broken up in the wasteland
G* G G* G G/F#
Broken up in the wasteland
[Verse 2]
G D Em C
And I saw dead Marilyn Monroe strung up on every street corner in Hollywood
G C
Like some two bit whore offering a discount rate
D
And I wondered how Joe Dimaggio felt
G D Em C
And I saw dead James Dean's ghost wandering the sidewalk looking troubled
D
And I wondered how his mama felt
G D
I saw signs that said "Headshots done for cheap"
Em C
Signs that said "Extras wanted, top dollars paid"
G C
And signs for haircuts and signs for manicures
G C
And signs for tanning salons and signs for wardrobe specialists
G C
Signs for cosmetic surgery and signs for assertiveness training
D
And I stopped to read them all
G D
And every single block looked like every single block
Em C
Looked like every single block looked like every single block
G C
But you kept driving 'cause everyone else kept driving
G C D
And 'cause gridlock is evil and not knowing your way is evil
Bm
And those that had money looked good but weren't too happy
C
And those who didn't have money didn't look so good and weren't too happy either
G D Em C
And in a city of three million two hundred and sixty nine thousand nine hundred eighty four
D
Every one was lonely
[Chorus]
G
Broken up in the wasteland
Bm
Broken up in the promised land
C
Broken up in Disneyland
D
Broken up in the plastic land
Em
Broken up in the wasteland
C
Broken up in the wasteland
G* G G* G G/F#
Broken up in the wasteland
[Verse 3]
G D Em C
And I watched as everyone I knew spent their lives
G D G
Trying to be watched on stage or watched on film or listened to on a record
C D
And they thought, "Well, maybe that way I could get a little love out of this life"
G D Em C
And I watched as the best of my generation abandoned their dreams
D
And settled for making a little money
G D Em C
I watched TV and read the papers, listened to the radio and made all the fancy scenes
G C
And said all the right words and wore all the right clothes
G D
And knew the names of the hip people but I still felt out of touch
Em D C
So I stopped watching TV and reading the papers and listening to the radio
G C
And making the fancy scenes and saying the right words
G C
And wearing the right clothes and knowing the names of the hip people
D
And I felt more out of touch than ever, oh, but I didn't care anymore
Bm
And I felt you slipping away
C
And I felt myself slipping from you
G D Em
And I wanted more than anything else for it to rain for one whole day like it used to
C G C
But all there ever was was sun, relentless sun, hot, beating sun
G C
And everyone wore their sunglasses and walked around like flies
Bm D
Under magnifying glass with their eyes removed
[Chorus]
G
Broken up in the wasteland
Bm
Broken up in the promised land
C
Broken up in Disneyland
D
Broken up in the plastic land
Em
Broken up in the wasteland
C
Broken up in the wasteland
Em
Broken up in the wasteland
C
Broken up in the wasteland
G* G
Broken up in the wasteland
[Outro]
G* G x3
