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intro: A D A D (4x)

A       E
Holt Boulevard
Bm               D
Between Gary and White
               A                   E
Hooked up with some friends at the Travelodge
D                        E
Set ourselves up for the night
A                     E
Carpenter ants in the dresser
Bm           D
Flies in the screen
        A                  E
It will be too late by the time we learn
D                  E
What these cryptic symbols mean

      A           D
And I dreamt of a house
           A                          D
Haunted by all you tweakers with your hands out
        A                         D
And the headstones climbed up the hills
        A                         D
And the headstones climbed up the hills

A                     E
Send somebody out for soda
Bm                          D
Comb through the carpet for clues
A                      E
Reflective tape on our sweatpants
D                E
Big holes in our shoes
A                   E        Bm                         D
Every couple minutes someone says he can't stand it any more
A                  E
Laugh lines on our faces
D                 E
Scale maps of the ocean floor

      A           D
And I dreamt of a camera
         A                       D
Pointing out from inside the television
        A                    D
And the aperture yawning and blinking
        A                         D
And the headstones climbed up the hills

C#m   D             A
If anybody comes to see me
C#m                D              A
Tell 'em they just missed me by a minute
C#m        D               A
If anybody comes in to our room while we're asleep
A             E        D         E
I hope they incinerate everybody in it

      A           E
And I dreamt of a factory
           Bm                  D
Where they manufactured what I needed
      A           E
Using shiny new machines
        A                         D
And the headstones climbed up the hills