Intro: C F7 Am G (x2)

C            F7       Am
     Now you analyze
       G                    C    F7 Am G
Take a breath and turn your back
C            F7             Am
     Now you look me in the eyes
       G                 C     F7 Am G
Sit me down and paint me black

         F7     Em
What you wanted to find
         F7              C   G
All bound up inside your head
   Am                 F7         C   F7 Am G
Oh you were just some old idea I had

C               F7                Am
     Now you're singing in the subway
         G                C     F7 Am G
Spilling onions from your mouth
C               F7               Am
     Now you're lying in the hallway
          G             C      F7 Am G
Trying to sink into the ground

        F7           Em
Telling stories to a screen
       F7             C    G
Making signals of yourself
   F7                 Em         C     F7 Am G
Oh you were just some old idea I found

C F7 Am G

C               F7            Am
     Now you're diving to the depths
       G           C     F7 Am G
Of the rubble of a storm
C               F7               Am
     Raise your hand up in a fist
        G                C    F7 Am G
Throw a chain across the door

         F7             Em
Were you lying when you said
         F7               C      G
We would settle all these scores
   F7                 Em         C     F7 Am G
Oh you were just some old idea I wore

C               F7              Am
     Now you're chasing after tyrants
        G                  C      F7 Am G
Beating drums and throwing stones
C           F7                 Am
     Giving substance to the silence
        G              C    F7 Am G
Of your well-appointed home

       F7             G6
Giving comfort to the guilty
           C                F7
With every well-intentioned blow
   Am                 F7         C    C/A C/B C
Oh you were just some old idea I know