Alert Status Red Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][Am][F][C][F][Am][F][C][F]
[Am][A][Am][F][C][F][A][Am][F]
[C][F]

[Verse 1]
In the wil[Am]derness un[F]countable [C]voices
Earplugs for the birds and
[F]the animals
[Am]And blinder[A] s fo[Am]r yo[F]ur beast of burden,
the will [C]For learning
These books were [F]made for [A]burning
In [Am]the wilder[F]ness
Beneath the an[C]cient sand lies [F]crushed
and tanned Those sap[Am]phire [F]girls
May we nev[C]er forget [F]you

[Verse 2]
[G]Alert status red
But [Am]the sun comes up [F]instead
[Am][F][C][F]

[Verse 3]
In the wil[Am]derness the only [F]place
to find freedom is in the dic[C]tionary
[F]Under "F"
Men in [Am]holes, men [A]in caves,
[Am]men in c[F]hains I ask But the store clerk needn't [C]check
Man I [F]forget which came [Am]first
[F]The bad idea or me befallen [C]by it?
Not giving [F]a shit may [Dm]we
never [A]forget [Am]you[F]
May we never [C]forget [F]you

[Verse 4]
[G]Alert status red
But [Am]the sun comes up [F]instead[Am][F]
[G]Alert status red
But [Am]the sun comes up [F]instead

[Interlude 1]
[Am]
[F][G][Am][F][Am][F][G]
[Dm][Am][F][Am]
[F][C][F][Am][F][C][F]

[Verse 5]
In the wil[Am]derness
[F]Senile live the zeal[C]ous
Lost [F]to the treasures that [Dm]com p[Am]el us
[F]Muted down like [C]patriots [F]amiss
You [Dm]know [Am]I'm j[A]ealo[Am]us of
[F]how you can just turn [C]them off
Those bad [F]ideas that
[Dm]feel [A]so [Am]soft[F]
May they [C]never forget [F]you

[Verse 6]
[G]Alert status red
But [Am]the sun comes up [F]instead[Am]
[F]Ale[G]rt status red
But [Am]the sun comes up [F]instead[Am]
[F]Ale[G]rt status red
But the [Am]sun comes up i[F]n stead

[Interlude 2]
[Am][F]
[G][Dm][Am][F][Am][F]

[Verse 7]
[G]Alert status [G]red
But [Am]the sun comes up [F]in stead

[Outro 1]
[F]