F#m
E
Bm
F#m
F#m
E
Bm
F#m
E
I was born in the jungle
Bm
F#m
With the sickening smell of cinnamon in the air
F#m
E
Born in a white hole
Bm
A
D
E
F#m
and I can’t believe the colors here today
E
Stuck on a circle
Bm
F#m
I’ve never been blessed with elephant’s memory
F#m
E
Bm
Riding a red line nowhere
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years, put the money away
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir
D
A
G
Bm
A
D
E
If it takes 40 years I want the thunder and the rain
F#m
E
I was born in a good home
Bm
F#m
Where the rising cost of raising children
F#m
E
Was not a factor
Bm
A
D
A
F#m
And I can’t believe the things it does to me
E
I’m filled with the white noise
Bm
F#m
Well I never did much of anything anyway
F#m
E
Bm
Jump on a big train nowhere
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years, put the money away
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years I want the thunder and the rain
F
C
G
D
I’m gonna buy me a good heart, and a conscience, maybe raise some children
F
C
G
Get me a good wife, and a God and God and God and God and
F
C
G
D
Start me a new life with a six foot color television
F
C
G
A
E
Start me a new life somewhere
F#m
E
I was born on a warm night
Bm
F#m
On the right coast, southeastern America
F#m
E
Dead on arrival
Bm
A
D
E
F#m
But you can’t believe the things you hear today
E
Bm
I’ll fly me a white plane over water
F#m
Over blue and green and
F#m
E
Bm
Land in the ocean somewhere
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years for the guns to be paid for
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years, put the money away
D
A
G
Bm
A
If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir
D
A
G
Bm
If it takes 40 years well I want that thunder
A
G
Bm
A
Yeah and I want that rain
G
Oh well I want that rain
Bm
A
Come on now, now gimme the thunder, gimme the thunder
G
Bm
A
Gimme the rain
G
Bm
A
I want that rain, I want the thunder and the rain
Bm
F#m
E
A
D
G
F
C
