Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Chorus A: D G D If they blow a hole in my backyard D G D G Everyone is gonna run away D G D G The creeks won't flow to the Great Lake below D G D Will the water in the wells still be ok? Chorus B: D G D G If they blow a hole in the backbone D G D G The one that runs cross the muscles of the land D G D G Well we might get a load of stone for the road D G D But I don't know how much longer we can stand
Verse 1: G A We'll need to build some new apartments G A And I know we're gonna have to fix the roads G A But if we blow a hole in the escarpment G A The wild ones won't have anywhere to go Interlude: D - G - D - G (x2) Chorus A: D G D If they blow a hole in my backyard D G D G Everyone is gonna run away D G D G The creeks won't flow to the Great Lake below D G D Will the water in the wells still be ok? Verse 2: G A We'll keep driving on the Blind Line G A If we don't know where we want to go G A Even knowledge that's sound can get watered down G A The truth can get sucked out the car window (x2) Bridge: G A We're two-thirds water; What do we really need? G A But sun, showers, soil and seed G A We're two-thirds water; The aquifers provide G A Deep down in the rock; There's a pearl inside Interlude: D - G - D - G (x2) Chorus B: D G If they blow a hole in the backbone D G D G The one that runs cross the muscles of the land D G D G Well we might get a load of stone for the road D G D But I don't know how much longer we can stand D G D G Well we might get a load of stone for the road D G D But I don't know how much longer we can stand for Amber