Edwin McCain - Welcome to Struggleville

      

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 "Welcome To Struggleville" by Edwin McCain
 From the album "Lost In America"

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 Tabbed by: Aaron Field
 Email: edhead@tampabay.rr.com

 Intro: D - Em - D - C - D - A - D - C
 D - Em - D - C - D - A - A
 

 
 Verse 1:
 
 Em                  Bm           
 All is quiet on the Western front
         C             A   
 There appears to be a lull
    Em                             D           
 Oh John and Jane Doe are sleeping well tonight
      C                                  
 With little thoughts inside their skulls
 Em             Bm                  
 Salome she's undressed to the nines
     C                     A     
 And although a few pounds fatter
         Em                    D                
 She got Pavlov's bells on her ankles and wrists
     C                             
 She coming at you with her platter
 
 
 Chorus 1:
 
         D              Em     
 They're building a new gallows
          C              G  G/F# G/E 
 When you show up on the streets
            D             Em            
 Oh they're polishing the electric chair
       C                    D   
 Gonna give you a front row seat
         D                 Em    
 Heard a sneer outside the garden
     C         A   
 Salutation so well
  Em              D                  C     
 "Welcome all you suckers to Struggleville"

 Repeat Intro: D - Em - D - C - D - A - D - C
 D - Em - D - C - D - A - A
 

 
 
 Verse 2:
 
 Em                  Bm        
 I stole down to the waterfront
    C                 A   
 To escape the desert heat
    Em                      D             
 Oh what on earth you gotta do around here
 C                               
  To try and get yourself a drink
       Em               Bm       
 Heard John the Baptist preaching
         C                 A   
 He said "Make way for the King
            Em              D  
 But if you wanna recognize him
           C                     
 You gotta tell me all your sins"
 
 
 Chorus 2:
 
         D              Em     
 They're building a new gallows
          C              G   G/F# G/E 
 When you show up on the streets
            D             Em            
 Oh they're polishing the electric chair
       C                    D   
 Gonna give you a front row seat
         D                 Em    
 Heard a sneer outside the garden
     C         A   
 Salutation so well
  Em              D                  C     
 "Welcome all you suckers to Struggleville"
  Em              D                  C     
 "Welcome all you suckers to Struggleville"

 Solo: D - Em - D - C - D - A - D - C (x2)
 

 
 
 Verse 3:
 
 Em                    Bm           
 I've been trying to negotiate peace
 C               A    
 With my own existence
         Em                 D       
 She got stockpiles full of weaponry
              C                         
 She breakin' every cease-fire agreement
        Em             Bm           
 Oh the whole thing is full of decay
    C                    A  
 As sure as I'm made of dust
        Em            D                 C      
 Oh but in the rust I hear the beast is calling
 
 
 Chorus 3:
 
         D              Em     
 They're building a new gallows
          C              G   G/F# G/E 
 When you show up on the streets
            D             Em            
 Oh they're polishing the electric chair
       C                    D   
 Gonna give you a front row seat
         D                 Em    
 Heard a sneer outside the garden
     C         A   
 Salutation so well
  Em             D             C            
 "Final Stop! No points beyond Struggleville
 Em              D                  C     
 Welcome all you suckers to Struggleville"

 Outro: D - Em - D - C - D - A - D - C (x4)