The Basement
G. Am
Come on in for the nickel tour
D7. G
I’d love to show you my place
C. D
I’m keeping up with the Jones’s
D. G
with dignity and taste
G. C
Isn’t everything beautiful
D7. G
I’m doing really well
G. C
I just put on a fresh coat of paint
D. G
This story I can sell
G. C
It’s all really pretty and shiny
D. G
and my ego is doing fine
C. D7
I’d love to show you my attic
D7. G
it’s really quite sublime
G. C
It’s full of ancient artifacts
D7. G
and relics from the past
C. D
chests of jewels and mysteries
D. G
and things that really last
Am. Em
That door? Oh no, don’t go in there
Dm. Am
that’s the stairway to the basement
Am. Em
I keep it locked, it’s dangerous
Dm. Am
It’s just a big encasement
Am. Em
The septics there, it’s backing up,
Dm. Am
I try to keep it sealed
C. D
Let’s go out back, it’s really nice
D. G
I have a baseball field
G. C
Ya that is a Tesla
D7. G
it gets me to the store
C. D
you wanna play my grand piano?
D. G
stop messing with that door
Am. Em
It’s locked, it’s sealed, it’s hidden
Dm. Am
That part we wouldn’t share
Am. Em
It’s suffering, it’s life itself
Dm. Am
to share we wouldn’t dare
Am. Em
It’s the one thing we have in common
Dm. Am
If we’re open to the truth
Am. Em
but most of us keep it locked away
Dm. Am
and we’re heading for the roof.
C. F
Hopes and Dreams
G. C
Plans and schemes
C. F. C. G
Trying to reach success
G. C. F
when we succeed
F. G. C
it’s guaranteed
C. C. G. G. C
we have reached hopelessness