::::::: Barstow ::::::: by Jay Farrar, from Sebastopol (lyrics and chords transcribed by Jim Kirby with help from Jim Kaihatu, 2/11/02) Basic G,C,D chords, 3/4 time, ponderous Verse pattern is: G G G G G G D D D D D D D C G G Chorus pattern is: C C C C C C G G D D D D D C G G INTRO: instrumental - chorus chords [G]Anyone caught speaking Esperanto Is thought crazy or headed for [D]jail There's peace in the wilds of West Texas Where the sun and the [C]sky pre[G]vail [G]Don't take notice of the rising waters Don't take notice where rivers run [D]dry They'll be digging through the landfills To find evidence of [C]our great dem[G]ise CHORUS: There's a [C]changing pattern before us And the past tells the story quite [G]well By the [D]time we make it to Barstow We'll be more than [C]halfway to [G]hell INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: (over chorus chords) Waves of adverts that promise revival Trinketware that batters the brain The Devil bought the key to Branson Drives a backhoe and wears a gold chain Now we're living in the ending time frame Bets in Reno are all the human race Woke up in another test market With a new headache filter in place CHORUS: (2X, omit lyrics for first two lines on second chorus) ::::::: Barstow ::::::: by Jay Farrar (Chords/tab interpreted by Nathan Milner) During the verses, the G's hammer-on the A-string second fret and D's hammer-on G-string second fret. It's easy to hear. And to avoid clutter, I simply showed C into G at the end of each verse but really it is a C, C/B, Am7, G run. I don't hear it in the chorus. Chorus chord is called Cadd9 I think but here it is {X32033}. And there is a similar run of bass notes C, B, A, [G] Anyone caught speaking Esperanto Is thought crazy or headed for [D] jail There's peace in the wilds of west Texas Where the sun and the [C] sky pre[G]vail [G] Take no notice of the rising waters Take no notice where the rivers run [D] dry They'll be diggin through the landfills To find evidence of [C] our great de[G]mise CHORUS [Cadd9] There's a changing pattern before us And the past tells the [Bass: C, B, A] story quite [G] well By the [D] time we make it to Barstow We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell [Bass: E, F#, G] [Cadd9](with run)[G] [D] [G] Waves of adverts that promise revival Trick it where it batters the [D] brain The devil bought the key to Branson Drives a backhoe and [C] wears a gold [G] chain [G] Now we're living in the unnamed time frame That's in Reno we're on the hu[D]man race Woke up in another test market With a new headache [C] filter in [G] place CHORUS By the [D] time we make it to Barstow We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell