Mainland chords by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

• Capo on 6th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D C G Em x2


Verse:
D        C       G   Em
  I said, "I'm just a servant to my base desires"
D         C       G       Em
  She said, "I'll tell you a few things, free of charge:
D         C      G        Em
  Steer clear of jagged rock, tread careful at the higher level
D         C       G   Em         D C G Em
  This ain't no game, but you can play if that's what you want"

D C G Em

        D      C     G    Em
Then she said, "We are just paper boats bobbing adrift afloat
D         C        G        Em
  While winds of fortune shove us where they will"
D        C      G       Em
Woke up coughing on the shore, cold outcrop broken, sore
D         C      G         Em
  Back on the mainland, the chimps were coming up trumps


Chorus:
     A              C
And all I saw was burning blue fading into blinding white
     G                 A
Wade out past the rotting pier, out to the open water
     C              G
Son of a red roof city, and her, the full moon's daughter
      A           C
Back on the mainland, back on the mainland
        G              Em
Cool change was rolling over, black sky was getting lower
      D C G Em
On golden sand

D C G Em


Verse:
D       C     G       Em
  We stared into the haze, ocean merging with sky
D          C       G   Em
  And talked about the land of our fore-mothers
D         C       G      Em
  Now that we've shut the gate, it would be funny if it
D        C        G
Didn't make you want to cry
    Em
This is just the bed we've woken up in


Chorus:
     A              C
And all I saw was burning blue fading into blinding white
     G                 A
Wade out past the rotting pier, out to the open water
     C              G
Son of a red roof city, and her, the full moon's daughter
      A           C
Back on the mainland, back on the mainland
        G              A
Cool change was rolling over, black sky was getting lower
         C        G
Green dreams were folding over, as we sailed off the mainland


Solo:
A C G x4

A            C
  Never coming off the line
        G
Wake up feeling fine
            A
Her eyes under pale moonlight
         C
Far corner of the earth
          G
Tripping up on the edge
        A C G
Big impossible now


repeat through fade out:
A C G