Tonart: E major
Verse 1
D
I was driving by myself,
one evening, nearly dark.
D
I stopped my car beside MacArthur Park.
That part of town is known for its danger,
its despair.
Bm
G
I thought I'd change the tire, but quick,
D
then drive right out of there.
G
Ab
There were hopeless people all around,
G
D
of every age and skin.
I wished I hadn't shaved that day.
G
Bm
I was stuck there like a pin.
G
But they didn't seem to notice me
Bm
G
Each eye looked dim and blazed
Then in the middle of that sorry scene
D
A single voice was raised
G
I turned and I saw him there
G
D
G
His voice was filled with life and sweat
D
G
D
G
D
G
D
Some might mistake for hate
G
D
G
I forgot about the task at hand
Cm
G
His words rang in my head
Started walking toward the
Fm
F
D
G
D
man
This is what he said
Keep us craving cocaine
G
D
A
D
Keep us downing drink
Asus4
G
Fill our heads with pictures
Till we forget to think
A
Asus4
A
Keep us buying sex
G
Keep us hot below the waist,
Bm
and dead above the necks
D
Keep us paying doctors,
Asus4
keep us popping pills
A
G
Keep us sharing needles,
even though it kills
Promise us employment,
D
Asus4
A
Asus4
then pay noth ing for our time
D
Could that be the master blueprint?
A
Asus4
Could that be the covert plan?
the scenario will play
Bm
The Thousand Haunted Man?
D
Could that be the master blueprint?
A
Could that be the covert plan?
the scenario will play
Bm
The Thousand Haunted Man?
G
D
G
Bm
Yeah
D
G
Tell us there's a dream at hand,
A
but don't teach us to read
Bm
by keeping us in need
D
Keep the racists fighting,
G
D
A
Asus4
keep the language strange
G
Keep the picture changing,
Bm
don't let the structure change
D
Could there be the master blueprint?
A
Asus4
Could there be the covert plan?
G
Isn't that the way life is for us today?
Bm
G
A thousand pony man
D
Could there be the master blueprint?
A
Asus4
Could there be the covert plan?
the scenario will play?
Bm
A thousand pony man,
D
G
D
a thousand pony man
G
Bm
G
D
I thought he might be crazy
But there was hunger every
you could taste it.
That thousand -pointed man of his,
D
thought I knew who that could be.
G
D
But as he lifted up his voice again,
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D
G
he was looking straight at me.
D
Keep our spirits broken,
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
throw the strongest ones in jail.
A
G
Make sure there's not a chance in hell,
Bm
G
our lives can help but fail.
D
Then tell us that we're lazy,
Asus4
A
Asus4
tell us that we're scum
G
Make damn sure the door's locked,
Bm
we should have a home
D
Could I be the master blueprint?
A
Asus4
Could I be the covert plan?
our lives are gonna stay?
Bm
G
Bm
Thousand -wanted man
G
D
Could I be the master blueprint?
A
Could I be the covert plan?
Asus4
G
Will that be the way
the scenario will play?
Bm
A thousand -pointed man
D
A
Asus4
G
Bm
G
D
A
Keep us craving cocaine
Asus4
A
Asus4
G
Bm
D
A
Asus4
G
Keep a second sugar
Bm
D
I promise I've been plumbing
A
Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh
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