Across The Wire Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

CAlberto hits his brother on the back of theG head

looks to the north as he starts tCo get up

his brother's still sleepy, grumbles "it's not lighGt yet,"

"if you want a new life, what's a few minutes waCit?"

darkness on the Froad and over theC land

into the laGws and out of the haCnds

from those with soF much

and no show of Cheart

you'd think it'd be Gcrazy

to ask for a smCall part G C G C

spotted an eagle in the middle of aG lake

resting on cactus and feasting on Csnakes

but the waters recede as the dump closes Gin

revealing a whole lake of sleeping chilCdren

poison in the sFtream that flows to the sCea

out on the Gwaves that crash within rCeach

of those with so Fmuch

and so little to Cfear

you'd think it'd be Gcrazy

to be so far away yetC so near

Dmsome say a neFw day will sChine here

Dmover these catFastrophes and horErors of mFisfortune

all across the Cwire

CAlberto y Hermano on the coyote's trGail

and dodging the border paCtrol

out in the wastelands wandering for Gdays

the future looks bleak with no sign of Cchange

darkness in the eFye

and down in the Csoul

all across the Gwire

to those in contrCol

holding so mFuch

with no show of Cheart

you think it'd be cGrazy

to watch it all falCl apart

Fwatch it all Gfall Capart