The song starts with a random jam of songs: First: suggestions by Fugazi Second: Pulled up by Talking Heads Third: Rain by the Beatles N.B. Most of the Live versions they did are practically the same except for the solo's of course. (e.g. Live in Pistoia, Italy: Immagine in Cornice 2006) Intro: there is some kind of aperggio going on while Em/D/C is played muted: Em D C Em E -----------------|------------------| B -----------------|--3---------------| G -----------------|----2----0--------| D -----------------|0----------2------| A -----------------|------3-----3p2-2-| E -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------0-| There are colors on the street...red, white, and blue People shufflin' their feet, people sleepin' in their shoes There's a warnin' sign in the road ahead There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them So I try to forgive 'em, any way I can, yeah... They start strumming these chords over the next Verse: Em (or E5) D C Em E -0--0--0--0---|-0----------------| B -0--0--0--0---|-3-----1----------| G -x--x--x--x---|-2-----0----------| D -2--2--2--2---|-0-----2----------| A -2--2--2--2---|-------3----------| E -0--0--0--0---|------------------| I see a girl in the night with a baby in her hands Under an old street light, oh, near a garbage can Now she put her kid away, she's gone to get a hit She hates her life, and what she's done with it That's one more kid, that'll never go to school Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool After this, there is obvioulsy the Chorus: