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Surrounded

-mike woj

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D                       A
pale white moon shines down on colorado
Em   
hide my dirty secrets
G
down here in the shadows
D
where the quaking aspens
A
tremble in the snow
Em
haul me up the hillside
        G
hold me high and let me go

       C                                    D
let me fall down through my own roof like a meteorite
        Em                                 G
let the world and all its wonders leave me to my toys tonight
             D        G
and my ninty-six inch television screen
        D
let me die.
        A  G                   D
let me die surrounded by machines.

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high winds knocked the power out last night
but I've got my own supply here
all my windows blaze with light
and the light spills through the windows to the empty plain below
finds nothing but some trees and six fresh feet of snow
and I find a broadcast station that's signed off for the night
and the static floods the speakers in glorious black and white
on my ninty-six inch television screen
let me die.
let me die surrounded by machines.