Tom: E Tuning:Eb E It’s a critical solution And the east coast got the blues It’s a mass of confusion Like the lies they sell to you E You got a glass jawed toothache Of a mental disease And they be runnin’ round back See’em line up on their kness ’Cause the kiss ass sycophants Throwin’ penance at your feet When they got nowhere to go Watch’em come in off the streets G While they’re bagin’ out front Inside they’re slammin’ to the crunch Go on and throw me to the lions And the whole damn screamin’ bunch ’Cause the pissed-off, rip-offs ’R’ everywhere you turn Tell me how a generation’s Ever supposed to learn This fire is burnin’ and it’s out of control It’s not a problem you can stop G It’s a rock’n’roll E I read it on a wall It went straight to my mind It said "dance to the tension Of a world on the edge" We got racial violence And who’ll cast the first stone And sex is used anyway it can be A C Sometimes when I look out A C A C It’s hard to see the day A C A C A It’s a feelin’ you can have it E Eb D C It’s not mine to take away G Lost in the garden of Eden Said we’re lost in the garden of Eden And there’s no one’s gonna believe this But we’re lost in the garden of Eden This fire is burnin’ and it’s out of control It’s not a problem you can stop G It’s rock’n’roll Suck on that E Lookin’ through this point of view There’s no way I’m gonna fit in Don’t ya tell me what my eyes see Don’t ya tell me who to believe in A C A I ain’t superstitious C A C But I know when something’s wrong A C A I’ve been draggin’ my heels C A With a bitch called hope E Eb D C Let the undercurrent drag me along G Lost in the garden of Eden Said we’re lost in the garden of Eden And there’s no one’s gonna believe this A B G A But we’re lost in the garden of Eden G Most organized religions make A mockery of humanity Our governments are dangerous And out of control The garden of Eden is just another graveyard said if they had someone to buy it Said I’m sure they’d sell my soul The fire is burnin’ and it’s out fo control It’s not a problem you can stop G It’s rock’n’roll G Lost in the garden of Eden (And we ain’t takin’ about no poison apple Or some missin’ rib’ ya hear) Said we’re lost in the garden of Eden Said there’s no one’s gonna believe this Said we’re lost in the garden of Eden This fire is burnin’ and it’s out of control It’s not a problem you can stop G It’s rock’n’roll
