Chords for Counting Crows - 40 years (1991)
Tempo:
91.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G
A
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [E] [Bm] [F#m]
[E] [Bm]
[F#] I was born [E] in the jungle, [Bm] sick of the smell [F#] of cinema in [F#m] the air.
Born in [E] a white [C] hole, and [G] I can't [D] believe [A] the cost here.
[F#] I lay stuck on [E] a circle, [Bm] I've never been blessed [F#] with health and memory.
I'm riding a [E] red line [Bm] to nowhere.
[D] If [A] it takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the guns to be [A] paid for,
It takes [G] 40 years [Bm] to find your [A] way.
[D] [A] It takes [G] 40 years to [Bm] get the things that I [A] need, sir.
It takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the sun to pass [A] the rain.
[C] [G]
[F#m] I'm gonna [E] buy this good home, [Bm] but with the rising [F#] cost of raising children,
I'm just [E] not a factor.
[Em] And you [G] can't [D] believe the [A] things it [F#] does to me.
I'm [E] filled with the white noise, but I never [Bm] did [F#m] much of anything anyway.
Jump [E] on a big train [Bm] to nowhere.
[D] If it [A] takes [G] 40 [Bm] years for the guns to be [A] paid for,
It [G] takes 40 [Bm] years to find your [A] way.
[E] [D] It takes [G] 40 years to get [Bm] the things that I [A] need, sir.
[D] It [G] takes 40 years for [Bm] the sun to [A] pass the rain.
[F] I wanna buy [C] me a good heart [G] and a conscience, [D] and maybe raise some [F] children.
I wanna [C] get me a good whack [G] in the garden, garden, garden, [F] garden.
I'll [C] start me a new life [G] with a six-foot [D] colored [F] television.
I'll start [C] me a new life [G] somewhere.
[C] [A]
[F#m] Well, I was born on a [G#] warm night on the [Em] right coast, southeast America.
Damn, I wanna ride home.
But you [G] can't [D] believe the [A] things that [F#] hit me.
I [E] fly me a white plane [Bm] over water, over [F#m] blue and green,
and land [E] in the ocean [Bm] somewhere.
[D] [A] If it takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the guns to be [A] paid for,
[D] It takes [G] 40 years to [Bm] find [A] your way.
[D] It takes [G] 40 years to get [Bm] the things that [A] I need, sir.
It takes [G] 40 years.
Oh, I [Bm] want that thunder.
[A] Yeah, yeah,
[G] yeah.
[Bm] [A] Yeah, I want [G] that rain.
[Bm] Oh, come on now.
[A] Now give me the thunder.
Give me the thunder.
[G] Give me the rain.
[Bm] Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah.
I want [G] that rain.
[Bm] I want the thunder [A] and the rain.
[E] [Bm]
[F#] I was born [E] in the jungle, [Bm] sick of the smell [F#] of cinema in [F#m] the air.
Born in [E] a white [C] hole, and [G] I can't [D] believe [A] the cost here.
[F#] I lay stuck on [E] a circle, [Bm] I've never been blessed [F#] with health and memory.
I'm riding a [E] red line [Bm] to nowhere.
[D] If [A] it takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the guns to be [A] paid for,
It takes [G] 40 years [Bm] to find your [A] way.
[D] [A] It takes [G] 40 years to [Bm] get the things that I [A] need, sir.
It takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the sun to pass [A] the rain.
[C] [G]
[F#m] I'm gonna [E] buy this good home, [Bm] but with the rising [F#] cost of raising children,
I'm just [E] not a factor.
[Em] And you [G] can't [D] believe the [A] things it [F#] does to me.
I'm [E] filled with the white noise, but I never [Bm] did [F#m] much of anything anyway.
Jump [E] on a big train [Bm] to nowhere.
[D] If it [A] takes [G] 40 [Bm] years for the guns to be [A] paid for,
It [G] takes 40 [Bm] years to find your [A] way.
[E] [D] It takes [G] 40 years to get [Bm] the things that I [A] need, sir.
[D] It [G] takes 40 years for [Bm] the sun to [A] pass the rain.
[F] I wanna buy [C] me a good heart [G] and a conscience, [D] and maybe raise some [F] children.
I wanna [C] get me a good whack [G] in the garden, garden, garden, [F] garden.
I'll [C] start me a new life [G] with a six-foot [D] colored [F] television.
I'll start [C] me a new life [G] somewhere.
[C] [A]
[F#m] Well, I was born on a [G#] warm night on the [Em] right coast, southeast America.
Damn, I wanna ride home.
But you [G] can't [D] believe the [A] things that [F#] hit me.
I [E] fly me a white plane [Bm] over water, over [F#m] blue and green,
and land [E] in the ocean [Bm] somewhere.
[D] [A] If it takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the guns to be [A] paid for,
[D] It takes [G] 40 years to [Bm] find [A] your way.
[D] It takes [G] 40 years to get [Bm] the things that [A] I need, sir.
It takes [G] 40 years.
Oh, I [Bm] want that thunder.
[A] Yeah, yeah,
[G] yeah.
[Bm] [A] Yeah, I want [G] that rain.
[Bm] Oh, come on now.
[A] Now give me the thunder.
Give me the thunder.
[G] Give me the rain.
[Bm] Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah.
I want [G] that rain.
[Bm] I want the thunder [A] and the rain.
Key:
Bm
G
A
E
D
Bm
G
A
_ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [F#] I was born [E] in the jungle, [Bm] sick of the smell [F#] of cinema in [F#m] the air.
Born in [E] a white [C] hole, and [G] I can't [D] believe [A] the cost here.
[F#] I lay stuck on [E] a circle, [Bm] I've never been blessed [F#] with health and memory.
I'm riding a [E] red line [Bm] to nowhere.
[D] If [A] it takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the guns to be [A] paid for,
It takes [G] 40 years [Bm] to find your [A] way.
[D] [A] It takes [G] 40 years to [Bm] get the things that I [A] need, sir.
It takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the sun to pass [A] the rain.
_ [C] _ [G] _
[F#m] I'm gonna [E] buy this good home, [Bm] but with the rising [F#] cost of raising children,
I'm just [E] not a factor.
[Em] And you [G] can't [D] believe the [A] things it [F#] does to me.
I'm [E] filled with the white noise, but I never [Bm] did [F#m] much of anything anyway.
Jump [E] on a big train [Bm] to nowhere.
[D] If it [A] takes [G] 40 [Bm] years for the guns to be [A] paid for,
It [G] takes 40 [Bm] years to find your [A] way.
[E] [D] It takes [G] 40 years to get [Bm] the things that I [A] need, sir.
[D] It [G] takes 40 years for [Bm] the sun to [A] pass the rain. _ _
[F] I wanna buy [C] me a good heart [G] and a conscience, [D] and maybe raise some [F] children.
I wanna [C] get me a good whack [G] in the garden, garden, garden, [F] garden.
I'll [C] start me a new life [G] with a six-foot [D] colored [F] television.
I'll start [C] me a new life [G] somewhere.
[C] _ [A] _
[F#m] Well, I was born on a [G#] warm night on the [Em] right coast, southeast America.
Damn, I wanna ride home.
But you [G] can't [D] believe the [A] things that [F#] hit me.
I [E] fly me a white plane [Bm] over water, over [F#m] blue and green,
and land [E] in the ocean [Bm] somewhere.
[D] [A] If it takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the guns to be [A] paid for,
[D] It takes [G] 40 years to [Bm] find [A] your way.
[D] It takes [G] 40 years to get [Bm] the things that [A] I need, sir.
It takes [G] 40 years.
Oh, I [Bm] want that thunder.
[A] Yeah, yeah, _ _
[G] yeah.
[Bm] _ [A] Yeah, I want [G] that rain.
[Bm] Oh, come on now.
[A] Now give me the thunder.
Give me the thunder.
[G] Give me the rain.
[Bm] Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah.
I want [G] that rain.
[Bm] I want the thunder [A] and the rain.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [F#] I was born [E] in the jungle, [Bm] sick of the smell [F#] of cinema in [F#m] the air.
Born in [E] a white [C] hole, and [G] I can't [D] believe [A] the cost here.
[F#] I lay stuck on [E] a circle, [Bm] I've never been blessed [F#] with health and memory.
I'm riding a [E] red line [Bm] to nowhere.
[D] If [A] it takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the guns to be [A] paid for,
It takes [G] 40 years [Bm] to find your [A] way.
[D] [A] It takes [G] 40 years to [Bm] get the things that I [A] need, sir.
It takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the sun to pass [A] the rain.
_ [C] _ [G] _
[F#m] I'm gonna [E] buy this good home, [Bm] but with the rising [F#] cost of raising children,
I'm just [E] not a factor.
[Em] And you [G] can't [D] believe the [A] things it [F#] does to me.
I'm [E] filled with the white noise, but I never [Bm] did [F#m] much of anything anyway.
Jump [E] on a big train [Bm] to nowhere.
[D] If it [A] takes [G] 40 [Bm] years for the guns to be [A] paid for,
It [G] takes 40 [Bm] years to find your [A] way.
[E] [D] It takes [G] 40 years to get [Bm] the things that I [A] need, sir.
[D] It [G] takes 40 years for [Bm] the sun to [A] pass the rain. _ _
[F] I wanna buy [C] me a good heart [G] and a conscience, [D] and maybe raise some [F] children.
I wanna [C] get me a good whack [G] in the garden, garden, garden, [F] garden.
I'll [C] start me a new life [G] with a six-foot [D] colored [F] television.
I'll start [C] me a new life [G] somewhere.
[C] _ [A] _
[F#m] Well, I was born on a [G#] warm night on the [Em] right coast, southeast America.
Damn, I wanna ride home.
But you [G] can't [D] believe the [A] things that [F#] hit me.
I [E] fly me a white plane [Bm] over water, over [F#m] blue and green,
and land [E] in the ocean [Bm] somewhere.
[D] [A] If it takes [G] 40 years [Bm] for the guns to be [A] paid for,
[D] It takes [G] 40 years to [Bm] find [A] your way.
[D] It takes [G] 40 years to get [Bm] the things that [A] I need, sir.
It takes [G] 40 years.
Oh, I [Bm] want that thunder.
[A] Yeah, yeah, _ _
[G] yeah.
[Bm] _ [A] Yeah, I want [G] that rain.
[Bm] Oh, come on now.
[A] Now give me the thunder.
Give me the thunder.
[G] Give me the rain.
[Bm] Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah.
I want [G] that rain.
[Bm] I want the thunder [A] and the rain.