The Drum

 
              
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Verse 
 
E        D#    B 
The drum wakes up 
E          D#     A 
He'll have a real black eye this time 
E        D#    B 
Hungover dream 
E       D#     A 
He hung around too long last night 
 
E        D#   B 
The drum gets up 
E        D# A 
How will he feel about this one? 
E         D#     B 
The dream throws up 
E         D#   A 
He didn't feel too good this time 
 
F           B 
He's got it all 
F           A 
He's got it figured out 
F            B 
Dream in the hall 
F           A 
Back in the hospital 
 
F       B 
I'm not concerned 
F            A 
He'll get it straight this time 
          B               (Riff) 
And if he doesn't, fuck it 
 
 
verse 2 
 
E       D#   B 
The gun goes off 
E           D#  A 
He's always off about something 
E        D#   B 
The drum just nods 
E        D#    A 
The drum ain't listening at all 
 
E        D#   B 
The drum gets drunk 
E        D#    A 
The drum reads James Joyce in the drunk 
E         D#    B 
The dream falls down 
E          D#   A 
The drum's face breaks the dream's fall 
 
F             B 
He don't have shit 
F               A 
He's learned to live with it 
F             B 
The drum's in debt 
F                 B 
You owe me, don't forget 
 
F       B 
That 20 bucks 
F            A 
Interest and moral support 
           B 
And if you don't I swear 
 
Bridge x3 
 
A           B            A        B 
This is our lifetime and I am his creator 
A                  B               A                 B 
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity 
 
verse 3 
 
E        D#   B 
The drum goes forth 
E        D#  A 
He's got his flag unfurled or something 
E        D#    B 
The drum won't stop 
E        D#  A 
The drum's a menace to the public 
 
F              B 
Hold your drum high 
F           A 
The drum is stoned again 
F              B 
Don't wake him up 
F                B 
He'll just start talking 
 
F           B 
The drum is dead (the dream is dead) 
F             A 
Long live the drum (long live the drum) 
F                 B 
And I am his creator