D  F#m  G  D
D  F#m  G  A
Bm  A  G  D
G    A  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4

[Verse 1]
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Well the multitude assembled and tried to make the noise
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Them black blind poet generals and restless loud white boys
     Bm                      A          G            D
But time's grew thin and the axis grew somehow incomplete
        G                            A             D
Where instead of child lions we had aging junkie sheep

[Verse 2]
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Well how many wasted have I seen signed "Hollywood or bust"
D                       F#m       G       A
And left to ride the ever ghostly Arizona gusts
 Bm                     A                 G                D
Cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps sounding in the void
        G                                A                    D
High society vamps, ex-heavyweight champs mistaking soot for soil

[Chorus]
D           F#m     G            D        F#m        G
So break me now big Mama, as Old Faithful breaks the day
   D       F#m      G            D        F#m       G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way
        Bm            A                G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
    D              G                   A                 D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

[Verse 3]
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Well the doorstep blanket weaver, Madonna pushes bells
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From house to house I see her giving last kisses and wishing well
          Bm           A            G                 D
To every gypsy mystic hero that the kids might find a place
         G                                     A               D
Who get lost forever to mom and pop, on their weekends out in space

[Verse 4]
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Well sons they search for fathers, but the fathers are all gone
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The lost souls search for saviors, but saviors don't last long
       Bm                  A                 G                   D
Those nameless questless renegade brats who live their lives in song
      G                                          A                    D
They run the length of a candle with a goodnight whisper then they're gone

[Chorus]
D           F#m     G            D        F#m        G
So break me now big Mama, as Old Faithful breaks the day
   D       F#m      G            D        F#m       G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way
        Bm            A                G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
    D              G                   A                 D   Dsus4  D  Dsus4
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

Yeah!

[Solo]
D  F#m  G  D
D  F#m  G  A
Bm  A  G  D
G    A  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4

[Verse 5]
         D                        F#m               G            D
Well the missions are filled with hermits, they're looking for a friend
D                             F#m           G               A
The terraces are filled with cat-men just looking for a way in
       Bm                A                G                    D
Those orphans jumped on silver mountains lost in celestial alleyways
                    G                          A                 D
They wait for that old tramp Dog Man Moses, he takes in all the strays

[Verse 6]
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Now don't you grow on empty legends, or lonely cradle songs
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Billy the Kid was just a bowery boy who made a living twirling his guns
    Bm                    A              G                  D
The night she's long and lanky, and she speaks in a mother tongue
    G                               A          D
She lullabies the refugees with an amplifier's hum

[Chorus]
D           F#m     G             D        F#m        G
So break me now big Mama, as Old Faithful breaks the day
   D       F#m      G            D        F#m       G
Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way
        Bm            A                G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
     D              G                   A                 D
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play
        Bm            A               G
The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
     D              G                   A                 D
The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play

[Outro]
D  F#m  G  D
D  F#m  G  A
Bm  A  G  D
G    A  D