Opening Statement
By Hard Working Americans
Written by Todd Snider
Album: Rest In Chaos (2016)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
6/12/2016


Em     D        A       Em
Before I refuse to take any questions
Em          D                 A           Em
I’ve got an opening statement I’d like to keep to myself but
G         A           D            G      G/F#
I am open to the idea my death may well defy
Em              A
All of my logic and my imagination


Chorus:
D                              A
I may never know this road I’m on
                            Em
The here and the now or the gone
    G                  D        A
The coming home or the running away


We were light and sound before a darker matter
Froze us into what we are for now
Too late, We’re over in a minute and losing that fight before I knew I was in it
Just kept me swingin’ til long after I knew it was over


Chorus:
D                              A
I may never know this road I’m on
                            Em
The here and the now or the gone
    G                  D        A
The coming home or the running away
D                              D 
You're gonna miss my laugh someday
                    Em
Somewhere along the way
G                   D  A  Em
Somewhere along the way


We’re frozen like light we’re frozen sound like we're
Seven billion different people out walking around
Going down that road feeling bad because that’s what people do
Like every night is a friday night and every day is a Friday night too

Chorus:
D                              A
I may never know this road I’m on
                            Em
The here and the now or the gone
    G                  D        A
The coming home or the running away
    D                              D 
But you're gonna miss my laugh someday
                    Em
Somewhere along the way
G                   D  A  Em
Somewhere along the way