In Old Yellowcake Chords & Lyrics by Rasputina
In Old Yellowcake
guitar chords lyrics
Em C
Smoke rises from an ice factory on the edge,
G D
On the edge of a city that exists in perpetual gloom.
Em C
I snatch a note from the basket of a passing bicycle.
G
It says �Go to the flour factory.
D
There�s something waiting there for you.�
A C
Under the window, covered by curtains,
G D
all lacy and splattered with blood,
Em C
we find crutches in the corner and bullets on she shelves,
G D
which I dismiss at once as being equivalent, irrelevant, in and of themselves.
Em C
Underneath the staircase there�s a mast which flies a flag.
G D
Despite dankness beyond imagining, it floats on to a higher hole.
Em
In tunnels gouged beneath the basement room are, unmistakably,
G D
sets of bloody handprints on a crumbling wall.
Em C G D
Oh, won�t you be there with me for it tonight?
Em C G D
In this hut-to-hut witch hunt down the tunnels of Old Yellowcake,
Em C G D
where all the souls in the city go drowning by starlight,
Em C G D
where each choice you make is a fierce firefight or a new mistake?
Em C
Inside of a room is a cage, is a cage.
G D
It�s made out of chain and glass.
Em C G D
It�s about forty feet high and three feet wide, it was built to last.
Em C G D
It�s against a brick wall in an old muddy corner of a basement tunnel room.
Em C G
There�s a man in the cage in the old muddy corner. He�s asleep but he�ll wake
D
up soon.
A C
Under the window, covered by curtains,
G D
all lacy and splattered with blood,
Em C
we find crutches in the corner and bullets on she shelves,
G D
which I dismiss at once as being equivalent, irrelevant, in and of themselves.
Em C G D
Oh, won�t you be there with me for it tonight?
Em C G D
In this hut-to-hut witch hunt down the tunnels of Old Yellowcake,
Em C G D
where all the souls in the city go drowning by starlight,
Em C G D
where each choice you make is a fierce firefight or a new mistake?
