This is an acoustic version played by Joel with his father, Bill, at Berkeley Church in Works well and is way easier than the Drop D version tabbed from the CD. Beautiful song. somebody could tab Bill's fills. You can see/hear it at second song on the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB31K10E28k Standard tuning Intro: C Am G G F C Am G G F Verse:

^CThe air was getting ^Amheavy, ^FI knew that it was ^Gcoming ^CSo I started up my C^Amhevy, ^Fto keep the motor ^Grunnin' ^CA storm came down up^Aon us, ^Fand flooded all the ^Grivers ^CSurrounded by pir^Amahnas, ^Fand the doctors who de^Gliver

PRECHORUS:

^F ^Am Anything that you re^Dmquire ^F Now the ^Amfields are all on ^Gfire ^GAnd I'm calling down the wire

CHORUS

^CLa de da ... de ^Gda de da, ^Ambatten down the ^Fhatches, Becky, ^COpen up the earth and ^Gsky. . . , ^Amwaiting on a natural dis^Faster ^CSitting out on ^Gmy front porch, ^Amwatching storm clouds ^Fmoving faster ^C ^G Like a natural dis^Faster

G F C Am G G F C Am G G F VERSE 2:

^CWith a ^Amhurricane between us, ^FI saw it on the ^GTV ^CI went down to ^AmPheonix, ^Fand made my La De Da C^GD

PRECHORUS:

^F ^Am And nobody got ^Dmpaid ^F Just ^Amlike the good old ^Gdays ^GYou could waste your life away

CHORUS

G F C Am G G F C Am G G F VERSE 3:

^CI left Nova ^AmScotia, ^Fand headed down the ^Gcoast ^CI tore a strip off ^AmMemphis, ^Fbefore I levelled Roan^Goake ^CI punished Pecos ^AmCounty, ^Fand headed for Las ^GCrusades ^CAnyone a^Amround me, ^Fwill be covered in my ^Gbruises

PRECHORUS:

^F You want ^Amsomething to remember me ^Dmby ^F You can ^Amwrite my name in the ^Gsky ^GAnd sing la de da

CHORUS

C Am G G F C Am G G F C

Joel Plaskett - Natural disaster acoustic