Enola Gay

	  		

Listen to the recording for the strumming pattern. 
If the slide chords are too difficult in the Instrumental just play the e and B string portions. 

Em                      Bm 
He didn't give you that nickname 
        C                           D 
But you smile when he calls you the Enola Gay 
          Am                       C 
Turns the lights down low for your migraines 
G                       D 
And fetches what you've strewn 
Em                         Bm 
All around the room up and down the hall 
C                      D 
Asking for your Sodium Pentathol 
   Am                           C            
So you can read aloud from your big tell-all 
G                    D 
Anecdotes in platitudes 

C                         D 
This world's mean getting meaner too 
G                            C 
So why'd you have to make it all about you 
C                  D               Em 
There's no harm in stepping to the side 
           C                       D 
Light your hurricane lamp when the sky grows dark 
G                             C 
The wind's pissed off and the sun's at large 
C                          D                Em 
What you've gotta do, it's just a matter of pride 
          D                            C                G 
Until you vanish like the rest, out of sight and out of mind 

After Chorus Instrumental: 

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e|---7-7---\(5)-5---\(3)-3---0---0-0-------7-7---\(5)-5---\(3)-3---0---0-0--------| 
B|---8-8---\(7)-7---\(5)-5---1---1-1-------8-8---\(7)-7---\(5)-5---0---0-0--------| 
G|---7-7---\(7)-7---\(4)-4---0---0-0-------7-7---\(7)-7---\(4)-4---0---0-0--------| 
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A|---------------------------3---3-3-------------------------------2---2-2--------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---0-0--------| 

e|---7-7---\(5)-5---\(3)-3---0---0---0-0-0-0--0-----3--5--7--5--5/10---/15---| 
B|---8-8---\(7)-7---\(5)-5---1---1---1-1-1-1--1-----5--7--8--7--7/10---/17---| 
G|---7-7---\(7)-7---\(4)-4---0---0---0-0-0-0--0-----4--7--7--7--7/11---/16---| 
D|---------------------------2---2---2-2-2-2--2------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------3---3---3-3-3-3--3------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 



Em                     Bm 
Working all day in the control room 
        C                            D 
Mashing Charles Manson songs up with Showtunes 
    Am                           C 
The feelings come quick but they leave as soon 
     G                    D 
Like music from a passing car 
Em                                 Bm 
It's crowded in the club where you meet your friends 
C                             D 
Try to save some room for the elephant 
Am                             C 
Every day's a chore and you're not done yet 
    G                         D 
You didn't think it'd be this hard 

C                         D 
The root's begun, we're a nervous crew 
   G                            C 
So why're you trying to make it all about you 
C                     D               Em 
It's not so bad, it's just a flash of light 
           C                       D 
Light your hurricane lamp when the sky goes dark 
    G                     C 
The rain's upset, it just falls apart 
C                            D                Em 
You will get your wish, it's just a matter of time 
          D                            C                G 
Until you vanish like the rest, out of sight and out of mind 
          D                            C 
Until you vanish like the rest, out of sight