Song: Sort of a Protest Song
Artist: Matthew Good Band
Album: Audio of Being
Track: 12

Author: Chris Clark


Key to getting this one is that it is actually in standard tuning
(Surprise!!!)

Intro:
G	D	C	Em	G	G	D5 	Em	G	D5	Em


Verse:

G			 D
I can't remember 1989
C	    Em		  G
I can't remember what you look like
	G		D5	Em
Cause I was dimed
	     G	     D5		Em
Wasn't the whole world at the time?
G			D
A robot heart for my sleep in girl
C	Em   G     G          D5       Em
She knows CPR so I can come back to life
   G          D5       Em
Ya I can come back to life

Chorus:

Em	D5	 G*				Em		D5	G*
I'm tired of walking around with my hand on my gun
Em	D5	 G*					Em     D5	G*
I'm tired of watching them wind you up to see if you'll run
Em	D5	 G*			  Em		D5	G*
Tonight I'm going to go out and have me some fun
Em	D5	 G*				     Em	     D5	G*
I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

G* -- to mimic the strings in the background, I pick the bass notes on the G
chord, for example:

e ---x----0--------3-----3----3--------3-------x
B ---0----3--------3-----3----3--------3-------0
G ---x----2--------0-----0----0--------0-------x
D ---2----0--------0-----0----0--------0-------2
A ---2----x--------2-----2----0--------0-------2
E ---0----x--------3-----3----3--------2-------0...etc.
	I'm tired of walking around here with my hand on my gun

Repeat intro

Verse 2: same chords as verse 1

I had me a vision

I was a fireman in a time of fires

And I was paralyzed

A robot heart for a theme park world

Whatever keeps us alive

Whatever keeps claim to us being civilized

Chorus

Solo: (heavy distortion over strings -- could be slight variations because I
tabbed this on an acoustic guitar)

(play this part twice)
e ------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------
G -----7----7\6----6----7\4---4----4--2--2--4--4--2--2--
D ------------------------------------------------------

(then this...)
e -------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------8----7\5----5---5\3--3--3----5----5/7--7--7--5------
G -----7----7-----------------------------------------------------7--
D -------------------------------------------------------------------

e -------------------------------------------------------
B -----7----7\6----6----7\4------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------


Verse 3: same chords as first 2 verses:

I can't remember 1989

I try but I forget what you look like

Baby I ain't dimed

But ya, it still keeps me up at night

A Robot heart for a robot boy

who dreamed he was a lion

G			D		   Em
Our lives in these empty spaces aside


Chorus

Finish by repeating Em	  D    G* part.