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These are almost certainly not the actual chords, but they sound pretty okay strummed out.

\\Dm: xx0231
\\Am: x02210
\\Fm: 133111
\\Gm: 355333
\\Bb: x13331
\\D: xx0232
\\G: 320033
\\C: x32010
\\Em: 022000

Dm I wanna ride the hydraulics

Am Lit up like the North Star

Fm I wanna wallow in the spoils before the crowd

Gm I wanna play my guitar

Dm Not gonna sit up and beg Am Not gonna do tricks Fm Not gonna stand here on a sound stage Gm Tethered to a crucifix

Dm

The ride's over

Am

I know

  Bb               Gm

But I'm not ready to go

Dm

Dm I wanna flash my pastel colors by the rail

   Am

On a windy day at Pimlico Fm Don't want to write songs with this clown they set me up with

       Gm

In a Los Angeles rehearsal studio

Dm Not gonna tour with Trent Reznor Am Third of three, bottom of the bill Fm You can't pay me to make that kind of music Gm Not gonna swallow that pill

         Dm

The ride's over

Am

I know

  Bb               Gm

But I'm not ready to go

Dm D G C D

D Maybe dad is right G I'm still young C Em D And I can write C++ just as good as anyone D I know this guy at Lucasarts G He says they're looking for hands C En In fifteen years I'll be throwing back beers D With my feet in the sand

D Dm Am Fm Gm

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