The Hold Steady - Chillout tent

^EmThere was a stage and a P^DA up in western Massac^Chusetts ^CAnd the kids came from miles around to get messed up on the m^Emusic And she drove down from B^Dowdoin with a carload of g^Cirlfriends ^CTo meet some boys and maybe eat some mushrooms And they d^Emid and she got sick now she's p^Dinned and way too shaky ^CShe don't want to tell the doctor everything she's taken ^EmThe paramedics hovered over like a s^Domber mourning family They gave her a^Cctivated charcoal ^Cthey flooded her with saline

^GI got really hot and then I c^A5ame to in the chillout t^Cent They gave me oranges and c^Gigarettes ^{A5 C}

He was r^Emough around the edges He'd been to s^Dchool but never finished ^CHe'd been to jail but never prison And it was his f^Emirst day off in forever, m^Dan The festival seemed like a pr^Cetty good plan ^CCruise some chicks and get a suntan ^EmHis friend gave him four but he said "^Donly take one" ^CBut then he got bored ^Cand he ended up taking all four ^EmSo now my man he ain't that b^Dored, anyways The p^Caramedics found him ^Che was shaking on the side of the stage

^GEverything was spinning Then I c^A5ame to in the chillout t^Cent They gave me oranges and c^Gigarettes ^{A5 C G}I got really hot and then I c^A5ame to in the chillout t^Cent They gave me oranges and c^Gigarettes ^{A5 C}

She l^Emooked just like a baby bird all n^Dew and wet and trying to light a P^Carliament He q^Emuoted her some poetry he's T^Dennyson in denim and sheeps^A5kin ^A5He looked a lot like Izzy Stradlin ^Eb5They started kissing when the n^F5urses took off their IVs It was^C kind of of sexy but it w^Das kind of creepy ^EmTheir mouths were fizzy with the c^Dherry cola They had the p^Crivacy of bedsheets ^Cand all the other kids were mostly in comas

^GHe was kind of cute we kind of k^A5icked it in the chillout t^Cent And I never saw that b^Goy again ^{A5 C G}She was pretty cool we kind of k^A5icked it in the chillout t^Cent And I never saw that g^Girl again ^{A5 C G}He was kind of cute we kind of k^A5icked it in the chillout t^Cent And I never saw that b^Goy again ^{A5 C G}She seemed pretty cool we kind of k^A5icked it in the chillout t^Cent And I never saw that g^Girl again ^{A5 C G}