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Intro:
 Harmonics on 12th fret (by string name): E A D G B E

Verse:
 Em  (Gentle hum of the...)
 G   (Old machines...)
 D   (Here we come...)
 C   (Patches on our jeans...)
 Em  (When the drone...)
 G   (Sounds in the cool...)
 D   (We pick up the call...)
 C   (Kick all the traces in...)

Chorus:
 G  (Hungry for love...)
 C  (Ready to drown...)
 G  (So tie down the sails...)
 C  (We're going downtown...)

Verse:
 Em  (Great big drain...)
 G   (On the powergrod...)
 D   (You may not like Tates methods...)
 C   (But you gotta admit she's a real nice kid...)
 Em  (We walk light...)
 G   (Down the wires...)
 D   (Higher than weatherbaloons...)
 C   (Empty hearts on fire ...)

Chorus:
 G  (Hungry for love...)
 C  (Ready to drown...)
 G  (So tie down the sails...)
 C  (We're going downtown...)

Outro:
 G C