Jewel – The New Wild West chords

[Verse 1]
 DmYou see the ghosts of the buffalo

Moving both fierce and slow
  DLike glittering prophesies

On the edge of the horizon
   DmAs you drive glittering highways

And beaten-up by-ways
  DThat straddle and girdle

A great and many-faced nation
 DmYou see lambs in the ghettos

Who worship their Gepettos
  DBelieving in, though never seeing

The strings they think bind them
  DmSo you write to our congressmen

With bleeding pens
DmOf the sorrow within

And in return they just send
                                        DTickets to the latest Tom Hanks show


[Chorus]
 F             G         DmWelcome to the new wild west
 F    G           DEach man for himself
F          GCivilized steeples
      C      GAnd lonely people
 F             G         DmWelcome to the new wild west


[Verse 2]
          DmThere are so many factions

And cue-card reactions
DmIt's hard to keep clear

The possibilities here
                            D'Cause there's no force to unite them
   DmPrivilege has ruled for thousands of years

Wars have been fought with bibles and tears
DmYet liberation can't deny the temptation
                       DAnd soon becomes the oppressor
 DmShow me a leader who's fit to lead

Who don't sow his seed in anything

Wounded enough to breed

Because after all what fun is power
                         DIf you can't act like a rock star?


[Chorus]
 F             G         DmWelcome to the new wild west
 F    G           DEach man for himself
F          GCivilized steeples
      C      GAnd lonely people
 F              GWelcome to the new-


[Instrumental]
Am           F           GLa la da da, la la la la da da x4


[Verse 3]
    DmSee me, I've been cruel

I've been petty and unkind
DmBut I know my own mind

And since it seems clear
DmThere's no one leading us here

The only thing left it appears
                                        DIs to task ourselves to be better each time

Then those before us
      DmWe'll be an army of theives

Of self-freed slaves
DmOf mild-mannered maids

We'll fight with whispers and blades
                           DSo get ready, a new day is dawning


[Chorus]
 F             G         DmWelcome to the new wild west
 F    G           DEach man for himself
F          GCivilized steeples
      C      GAnd lonely people
 F             G         DmWelcome to the new wild west