Postal Service - Brand new colony

^GI'll be the grapes fermented ^DBottled and served^Em with the table set ^CIn my finest suit, like a perfect gentle^Gman

^GI'll be the fire escape ^DThat's bolted to ^Emthe ancient brick W^Chere you will sit and contemplate your^G day

^GI'll be the waterwings ^DThat save you if you start^Em drowning ^CIn an open tab when your judgement's on the^G brink

^GI'll be the phonograph ^DThat plays your favorite^Em albums back ^CAs you're lying there, drifting off to ^Gsleep

^GI'll be the platform shoes ^DAnd undo what heredity's^Em done to you ^CYou won't have to strain to look into my^G eyes

^GI'll be your winter coat ^DButtoned and zipped ^Emstraight to the throat ^CWith the collar up so you won't catch c^Emold

^EmI want to take you^C far From the cynics in this^G town And kiss you on the^Em mouth We'll cut our bodies^C free From the tethers of this^G scene Start a brand new^Em colony Where everything will^C change We'll give ourselves new^G names Identities ^Emerased The sun will heat the^C ground Under our bare^G feet In this brand new ^Dcolony This Brand New^Em Colony ^{C G D}

^Emand eeevveeerrryyyyyy ^Cthing will ^Gchange (^Dhums) end on Em