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SATURATION WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
INTRO: G6/E - F#m7sus4/E - Em - F#m7sus4/E
C/A - Bmsus4/A - Am - Bmsus4/A
B7 - B7/A - C - Bsus4(add+9)
G6/E - F#m7sus4/E - G6/E - F#m7sus4/E
G6/E F#m7sus4/E
I. squirrels on the roof
Em F#m7sus4/E
and birds in the window
C/A Bmsus4/A
play like flutes
Am Bmsus4/A
and drums in my dream.
B7 B7/A C
dew on the hood has gone,
Bsus4(add+9) G6/E F#m7sus4/E G6/E F#m7sus4/E
and so must I,
G6/E F#m7sus4/E
past Burma Shave signs
Em F#m7sus4/E
and ads for tobacco,
C/A Bmsus4/A
billboards like shrines
Am Bmsus4/A
where life used to be,
B7 B7/A C
where farmers till between tombstones
Bsus4(add+9) E7* (into instrumental)
to feed every - one.
INSTRUMENTAL: E7* - E6* - Eadd9* - E6*
E7* - Add9/E* - C#m7/E - Bsus4/E*
Aadd9/E*
CHORUS A: I'm looking for saturation
Bsus4/E*
through exaggeration,
Cmaj7/E G D
like drinking myself sober.
F#7 Bm Bm/A Bm/G Bm/F#
bright lights make me blind,
Em Em7/D A/C# A
and then I don't mind.
INSTRUMENTAL: G6/E - F#m7sus4/E (4 times)
G6/E F#m7sus4/E
II. across the bridge,
Em F#m7sus4/E
the Statue of Liberty
C/A Bmsus4/A
holding a box
Am Bmsus4/A
of soap for the laundry:
B7 B7/A C
"give me your ring-around-the-collar,
Bsus4(add+9) G6/E F#m7sus4/E G6/E F#m7sus4/E
give me a dollar."
G6/E F#m7sus4/E
and inside every nightclub
Em F#m7sus4/E
a dance band is playing.
C/A Bmsus4/A
like bowling teams, they are named
Am Bmsus4/A
after their sponsors.
B7 B7/A C
one-minute jingles they play
Bsus4(add+9) E7* (into instrumental)
instead of songs.
INSTRUMENTAL: E7* - E6* - Eadd9* - E6*
E7* - Add9/E* - C#m7/E - Bsus4/E*
Aadd9/E*
CHORUS B: an' I'm looking for saturation
Bsus4/E*
through exaggeration,
Cmaj7/E G D
like drinking myself sober.
F#7 Bm Bm/A Bm/G Bm/F#
a deafening sound
Em Em7/D A/C# A
where silence is found.
/// REPEAT INTRO ///
G6/E F#m7sus4/E
III. under a steeple,
Em F#m7sus4/E
stained glass commercials
C/A Bmsus4/A
tell all the people
Am Bmsus4/A
to buy a new car.
B7 B7/A C
a child is selling ad space
Bsus4(add+9) E7* (into instrumental)
on his tombstone.
INSTRUMENTAL: E7* - E6* - Eadd9* - E6*
E7* - Add9/E* - C#m7/E - Bsus4/E*
Aadd9/E*
CHORUS C: an' I'm looking for saturation
Bsus4/E*
through exaggeration,
Cmaj7/E G D
like drinking myself sober.
F#7 Bm Bm/A Bm/G Bm/F#
when pain makes me numb,
Em Em7/D A/C# A
saturation
G6/E (into ending)
has come.
ENDING: G6/E - F#m7sus4/E
G6/E - F#m7sus4/E
G6/E - F#m7sus4/E
Em
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