What You Own

Chords

Standard

VERSE
A                       G 
Don't breathe too deep, Don't think all day
A               G 
Dive into work, Drive the other way
C#             D   C#              E 
That drip of hurt, That pint of shame
C#              D          E 
Goes away, Just play the game


CHORUS
                 A       F# 
You're living in America
                    E (1)  D 
At the end of the millennium
                 A       F# 
You're living in America
                      F         D 
Leave your conscience at the tone
                          A       F# 
And when you're living in America
                    E (1)  D 
At the end of the millennium
   #(CHORUS-RIFF1 HERE)
You're what you own


VERSE
A                          G 
The filmmaker cannot see, And the songwriter cannot hear
A                          G 
Yet I see Mimi everywhere, Angel's voice is in my ear
C#                 D          C#                           E 
Just tighten those shoulders, Just clench your jaw til you frown
C#                    D          E 
Just don't let go, Or you may drown


CHORUS
                 A       F# 
You're living in America
                    E (1)  D 
At the end of the millennium
                 A       F# 
You're living in America
                      F         D 
Where it's like the twilight zone
                          A       F# 
And when you're living in America
                    E (1)  D 
At the end of the millennium
   #(CHORUS-RIFF1 HERE)
You're what you own


BRIDGE
D                  B 
So I own not a notion
      A 
I escape an ape content
D                A       E 
I don't own emotion- I rent

F#         A              D 
What was it about that night
F#         A              E 
Connection- In an isolating age
G#                   B              C# 
For once the shadows gave way to light
G#                C#       D# 
For once I didn't disengage

B                    C# 
Angel- I hear you- I hear it
D# 
I see it- I see it my film!
B           C# 
Alexi-Mark, Call me a hypocrite
  D# 
I need to finish my Own film
I quit!


CHORUS2
        A#       G 
Dying in America
                    F    D# 
At the end of the millennium
               A#     G 
We're dying in America
                  F#       D# 
To come into our own
                         A#      G 
And when you're dying in America
                    F      D# 
At the end of the millennium
   #(CHORUS-RIFF2 HERE)
You're not alone
G#      D#    F (2)
I'm not alone
G#      D#    F (2)
I'm not alone