Dave Rawlings Machine – Method Acting Cortez The Killer chords

            EmThere's no beginning to the story
            Bm7A bookshelf sinks into the sand
            CAnd a language learned, forgot in turn
   G                 D/F#Studied once again


            EmIt's a shocking bit of footage
            Bm7Viewed on a shitty TV screen
            CYou can squint at snow and static
   G                 D/F#To make out what it means


            EmAnd keep stretching that antenna
            Bm7Hoping that it will come clear
            CI need some reception, a higher message
   G                 D/F#Please tell me what to feel


[Chorus]
       C       D           G      G/B'Cause I don't know what tomorrow brings
       C       D           G      G/BIt's alive with such possibilities
       C       D           G      G/BBut I know that I feel better when I sing
   C           B7add4Burdens are lifted from me
               EmThat's my voice rising


            EmSo T-Bone, please keep the tape rolling
            Bm7Gil keep strumming that guitar
            CWe need a record of our failures
   G                 D/F#We must document our love


            EmI sat too long in my silence
            Bm7Grown too old on my pain
            CTo shed this skin, be born again
   G                 D/F#It starts with an ending


[Chorus]
       C       D           G      G/BAnd I don't know what tomorrow brings
       C       D           G      G/BIt's full of such possibilities
       C       D           G      G/BBut I know that I feel better when I sing
   C           B7add4Burdens are lifted from me
               EmThat's my voice rising


[Solo]


[Bridge]
   C             Bm7It's not a movie, no private screening
  Am7            DThis method acting—I call it living
  C              Bm7It's like a fountain, the door is open
  Am7            DWe have a problem with no solution
  C                B7add4But to love and to be loved


[Solo]


[Chorus]
       C       D           G      G/BSo thank you friends for the time we shared
       C       D           G      G/BYour love stays with me like sunlight and air
       C       D           G      G/BAnd though I truly wish I could keep hanging around here
   C           B7add4My joy is covering me
               EmSoon I will disappear


[Solo]



          Em7He came dancing across the water
          DWith his galleons and guns
          Am7Looking for the new world

In the palace in the sun


          Em7On the shore lay Montezuma
          DWith his coca leaves and pearls
          Am7In his halls, he often wondered

The secrets of the world


          Em7And his subjects gathered round him
          DLike the leaves around a tree
          Am7In their clothes of many colors

For the angry gods to see


          Em7And the women all were beautiful
          DAnd the men stood straight and strong
          Am7They offered life in sacrifice

So that others could go on


[Solo]
(over Cortez verse progression)


          Em7Hate was just a legend
          DAnd war was never known
          Am7The people worked together

And they lifted many stones


          Em7Then they carried them to the flatlands
          DBut they died along the way
          Am7And they built up with their bare hands

What we still can't do today


          Em7And I know she's living there
          DAnd she loves me to this day
          Am7I just can't remember when

Or how I lost my way


[Solo]
(back to Method Acting verse progression)