Chords for Drive-By Truckers- The Opening Act (Brighter Than Creation's Dark)

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[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] There's [Gm] a big fat [Bb] man on a mechanical [Dm] bull in slow motion [C] by [D] Debra [Am] Winger.
And she [Gm] gets knocked off and I think [F] he's hurt.
It's a [Gm] bitch [Am] face and fax [Dm] figures.
There's [Gm] a band on [Dm] [Bb] stage that used to be [C] [Dm] huge their [Am] own.
And no one's listening.
And [Gm] they're asked [Bb] to turn down and they [C] politely oblige.
[Dm] Ain't no [Am] such thing as a [Dm] free [F] ride. _
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_ And _ _ _ _ [Gm] it ain't my [Bb] night and it ain't my [F] town and I [Dm] ain't being _ [C] condescending.
_ [Am] [F] It's just [Gm] the opening [Bb] slot and I hit my [C] [Am] mark.
[Dm] Leave as the crowd's [Am] thinning.
[F] But the man's on [C] the [Dm] guest list _ _ [F] so I [Bb] guess it will be alright.
_ [F] Said the man's on [C] the guest [Dm] list [F] so I [Bb] guess it'll be alright.
_ [Dm] Said [F] the man's on [C] the guest [D] list [Am] so I [Bb] guess it'll [F] be alright.
[Dm] _ [F] The man's on the [C] guest list.
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_ [Bb] little while the paramedics come and they haul off [Dm] that urban bovine carnival.
_ _ _ [Am] [G] And I see [D] my [Bb] friend and I give him all [Cm] my money.
[D] I tell myself it's a necessary evil.
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[Gm] And it's all [Dm] such a fleeting [Bb] thing.
_ [Dm] So [G] I guess I'd [Am] best try and enjoy it. _ _
[Gm] All this beauty [Bb] and just [F] enough time [Dm] to figure out [Am] how to [Dm] destroy it.
Just the open_
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[Gm] And it ain't [Dm] my crowd [Bb] and it ain't [F] my night.
[Dm] But I'd be lying if I said [D] I can't [Am] relate.
[Gm] Just the opening [Am] [Bb] act and the van [F] is packed.
[Dm] And I'm [Am] hauling an ass [Dm] to another [Bb] state. _
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[F] I'm driving north as the sun is rising [Bb] over a _ technicolor horizon.
[F] Reach [C] out to touch [Dm] you and you're not [Bb] there.
You're a thousand [Dm] miles [Bb] away [F] from you.
And I turn on the radio and _ heard some [Bb] creature talking salvation.
_ [F] And the tank is half full [C] and [F] _
[Bb] I reach Dublin and change the [F] station.
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_ _ _ Just the opening [F] act. _
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