Truce

Chords

Standard

Intro

Dsus2  Cm


Verse 1

Dsus2
you can have washington i'll take new jersey
                                        Cadd9
you can have london but i want new york city

Dsus2
i should get providence i've got a job now
                                         Cadd9
los angeles - obvious - that's where you belong now

(continue chords as above)
you can have africa asia australia
as long as you keep your hands off cafe pamplona

we can split germany right down the middle
you'd hate it there anyway
take berlin and well call it even

you can take all of the carry-on baggage
i'll trade the saskia jokes for the alphabet language

and special occasions we'll split between parents
who forced us to hate them on alternating weekends

Dsus
you call it over and i call you psycho, significant other?
                            Cadd9
just say we were lovers and we'll call it even
F          G  Dsus2
we'll call it even


Chorus/Refrain

Gm                   Bb
i am the ground zero ex-friend you ordered
F                     Dsus2
disgused as a hero to get past your borders
Gm                          Bb
i know when i'm wanted i'll leave when you ask me to
F                        Dsus2
mind my own business and speak when i'm spoken to

Gm             Bb
i am the tower around which you orbited
F                   Dsus2
i am not proud i am just taking orders
Gm                         Bb
i fall to the groud within hours of impact
F                 Cm
i hit back if hit and attack if attacked


Verse 2

Dsus2
you get route 2 between concord and lexington
                                      Cadd9
i want mass ave from the sqaure to my apartment

Dsus2
and if we should meet through some misunderstanding
                                   Cadd9
ill be very sweet very patient and forgiving
Cm
(now get off my side of the state)

Dsus2
and if we should see one another in passing
                                               Cadd9
despite these techniques there is sometimes no avoiding
Cm
(there must be some kind of mistake)

Dsus2
we'll raise high our white flags and bow heads and shake hands
                                       Cadd9
declaring the land we're on unamerican we'll call it even
F          G  Dsus2
we'll call it even


Chorus/Refrain

Gm             Bb
i am the tower around which you orbited
F                   Dsus2
i am not proud i am just taking orders
Gm                         Bb
i fall to the groud within hours of impact
F                 Cm
i hit back if hit and attack if attacked

Gm               Bb
i am an accident waiting to happen
F                           Dsus2
i'm laughing like mad as you strangle the captain
Gm                     Bb
my place may be taken, but make no mistake
F                                   Cm
from a little black black box i can say without shame
Cm                           Cm
that you've lost, that you've lost, do you know what you've lost?


Outro

G
so take whatever you'd like
Bb
i'll strike like the States on fire
F
you won't sleep very tight
C
no hiding no safe covers
G
make your bed and now lie
Bb
just like you always do
F
you can fake it for the papers
C
but i'm on to you, i'm on to you

G
so take whatever you'd like
Bb
i'll strike like the States on fire
F
you won't sleep very tight
C
no hiding no safe covers
G
make your bed and now lie
Bb
just like you always do
F
you can fake it for the papers
C
but i'm on to you, i'm on to you, i'm on to you, i'm on to you!


Dsus2 Cmin repeated to end