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    Asus4 = [002230]
    Dsus2 = [XX0230]
Dmaj7sus2 = [XX0220]
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|: D Dsus2 Dmaj7sus2 D :| x2

D                                     Dsus2
I'm gonna listen to the singing of the power lines
Dmaj7sus2                  D
Until the sun rises in the east
D                    Bm
I'm gonna take up my machete
E                           G
And then I'm gonna tame the beast

D  Bm  D  Bm

D                           Dsus2
I'm gonna synch up with the rhythm
Dmaj7sus2                     D
Of the old nodding donkey oil wells
D                                 Bm
I'm gonna listen to the first two Iron Maiden records
E                      G
And absolutely nothing else

              D        Asus4            G
And I'm gonna shave my eyebrows off for justice
              D        Asus4            G
And I'm gonna shave my eyebrows off for luck

D  Bm  D  Bm

D                                   Dsus2
Taking back the long hours with the blinds down
Dmaj7sus2                       D
Taking my poleaxe down from the wall
D                          Bm
Almost taking you along in spirit
        E                     G
It was a close call, it was a close call

D  Bm  D  Bm
 
D                                    Dsus2
You must prepare for moments such as this one
Dmaj7sus2                              D
You must be steeled against the darker days
D                             Bm
You must turn up the volume until it can't go any further
E               G
Every time Wrathchild plays

E            A
And you must know
         F#m                            G
All your secrets will go with me when I go

              D                     Asus4         G
And I'm gonna shave two-tenths of a second off my record
              D          Asus4                   G
And I'm gonna save the children from the burning building
               D      Asus4                         G
Way down in my grave laughing that you all can't find me
                          D     Asus4           G
Nobody down here but some crows, thank you very kindly

              F#m      E                F#m
And I'm gonna shave my eyebrows off for justice
G
Justice
              D        Asus4            G
And I'm gonna shave my eyebrows off for luck

|: D Bm :| x4

For that little fill, just slide G up to 5, 7, 9, 10 and strum the highest 2 or 3 strings

Tabbed by Amelia