Across the Wire Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][C][G][F][C][G]
[F][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Alberto
hits his brother on the
Back [G]of [Am]the head, [G]looks to the north
As he starts to get [C]up
His brothers still sleepy

[Verse 2]
Grumbles "It's [G]not light yet,"
"If you want a new life, what's
A few minutes [C]wait?"
Darkness on [F]the road and over [C]the land
Into [Am]the laws

[Verse 3]
[G]and out of the[C] hands
From those [F]with so much
And no show [C]of heart
You'd think it'd be [Am]crazy
[G]

[Verse 4]
To ask for [C]a small [G]part
[Am][G][F][C][G]
[C]
Spotted an eagle in the
middle [G]of a lake
Resting on cactus, feasting on [C]snakes
But the waters recede as the

[Verse 5]
Dump [G]closes in,
revealing a whole lake
Of sleeping chil[C]dren
Poison [F]in the stream that flows to [C]the sea
Out on [G]the waves that crash
within [C]reach

[Verse 6]
Of those with so [F]much
And so little [C]to fear
You'd think it'd be [G]crazy
To be so [F]far [G]away [C]yet so near

[Verse 7]
[Dm]Some say a new [F]day will shine [Am]here[C]
[Dm]Over these cata[F]strophes and [E]horrors
Of [F]misfortune, all across [C]the wire
Alberto why hermano on
the [G]coyote's trail

[Verse 8]
And dodging [G]the shadows
of the border [C]patrol
Out in the wastelands
wander[G]ing [Dm]for days[G]
The future looks bleak with
No sign of [C]change

[Verse 9]
[C]Darkness [F]in the eye and down
In [C]the soul
All [G]across the wire to those in con[C]trol
Holding so [F]much

[Verse 10]
With [F]no show of [C]heart
You think it'd [G]be crazy
To watch it all fall [C]apart
[F]Watch it all [G]fall [C]apart