Across The Wire

When I to see Calexico at Lee's Palace in Toronto Joey Burns plays this in a elaborate 
finger pick style but if you want to strum along to the song here is a composit of 
the song just play and make it fit in.

verse
E	----------2----------------------------------------------------------
B	----------2------------1---------------------------------------------
G	---------------------------------and so forth------------------------
D	---------------3--2---2----------------------------------------------
A	--3--2---2-----------3-----------------------------------------------
E	----------3----------------------------------------------------------

INTRO
G to  C

VERSE 1
C                                                                 G
alberto hits his brother on the back of the head, 
C                                                     G
looks to the north as he starts to get up
C                                                                 G
his brothers still sleepy grumbles "it's not light yet,"
C                                                                 G
"if you want a new life, what's a few minutes wait?"

CHORUS 1
C                          F                           C
darkness on the road and over the land
                G                              C
into the laws and out of the hands
C                          F                                  C
from those with so much and no show of heart
                          G                                     C
you'd think it'd be crazy to ask for a small part

VERSE 2
C                                                     G
spotted an eagle in the middle of a lake
C                                                   G
resting on cactus, feasting on snakes
C                                                   G
but the waters recede as the dump closes in, 
C                                                         G
revealing a whole lake of sleeping children

CHORUS 2
C                          F                           C
poison in the stream that flows to the sea
C                                                     G
out on the waves that crash within reach
C                          F                           C
of those with so much and so little to fear
C                                                     G
you'd think it'd be crazy to be so far away yet so near

BRIDGE
Dm                    F                     Am
some say a new day will shine here
Dm                    F                     Am
over these catastrophes and horrors of misfortune, 
C
all across the wire

VERSE 3
C                                                    G
Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's trail
C                                                              G
and dodging the shadows of the border patrol
C                                                       G
out in the wastelands wandering for days
C                                                            G
the future looks bleak with no sign of change


CHORUS 3
C                          F                           C
darkness in the eye and down in the soul
C                  G        
all across the wire to those in control 
C                          F                        C
holding so much with no show of heart 
C                      G        
you think it'd be crazy to watch it all fall apart 
C
watch it all fall apart

Enjoy

Any corrections or additions welcome.

Pandyman T.O