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[G] [C] [D] And then way back in Baltimore, [G] they wanted to have an urban renewal,
clean up the cities, kill the rats.
And they had rat [C] poison that [D] smelled like grapes.
[G]
There are men lost in jail, crowded 52 rooms.
There's too many rats in this cage of the world.
And [C] the women know [G] the place, [Am] they sit at home and write letters.
[G] Then they visit once a year, when they both just sit [C] there and stare.
[G] See [Am] how we are, [C] gotta keep [G] ours in between us.
[Am] See how we [C] are, we only sing [G] about it once in every 20 [Am] years.
See how we [G] are, [C] oh see how we [Am] are.
[G]
There are seven kinds of coke, 500 kinds of cigarettes.
This freedom choice in the USA drives everybody [C] crazy.
[G]
Down in [Am] Acapulco, [G] well they don't give a damn.
About kids selling chick flits with no shoes on their [C] [G] feet.
[Am] See how we are.
Oh my [C] God, Howard, look at that filthy [G] Indian.
[Am] See how we are, [C] we only sing about it [G] once in every 20 [Am] years.
See how we are, [C] oh see how [Am] we are.
[G] [G]
[Am] Well this morning, [G] the alarm rang at [C] noon.
And [Am] I'm trying to write [G] this letter [C] to you.
[Am] About how much I [G] care, [C] why I just can't be there.
[Am] To draw [G] your bathroom [C] comb, [Dm] your hair.
[G] Down in the night [C] squatter, [G]
when things ain't so hot.
My friends said I met a boy, and I'm in love.
I said, oh [C] really, [G] what's this one's name?
[Am] [G] She said his first name is Homeboy.
I said, could his last name be Trouble?
[C] [G] See how [Am] we are.
[C] Homeboy is not one of those [G] South Central ghetto names.
[Am] See how we [C] are, we only sing [G] about it once in every 20 years.
[Am] See how we [C] are, oh see [G] how [Am] we are.
[G] [G]
Now that highway is coming through, so we all gotta move.
Bottom line, there ain't no fun at all.
Cause now [C] [G] fires in our houses, [Am] and grape-flavored rat poison.
[G] Are the new trinity, part of the so-called community.
[C] [G] See [Am] how we are, [C] gotta keep eyes on [G] all of our windows.
[Am] See how we are, [C] we only sing about it [G] once in every 20 years.
[Am] See how we are, [C] oh see [G] how [Am] we are.
[G]
[C] [G] See how [Am] we are, [G] [C] [G] [C] yeah, see [G] how [Am] we are.
[Em] [Eb] Wow, amazing how relevant those lyrics are now.
I mean, they've stayed very relevant, haven't they?
Oh yeah.
Things seem to stay the same.
Everyone's gotta go to war, and everybody's gotta be greedy.
And hate on somebody's life across the border.
Yeah, you know, it's hard to say, but I think certain things get better, certain things get worse.
If anything, to me, it's like there's a bigger separation between people who are enlightened,
and people that are trying to bury their head in the sand and live in the past.
Are you referring to sort of the separation we have with people in our country?
It seems like people are one end of the spectrum over the other.
Yeah, and there's so many reasons why.
Media is one reason, and the 24-hour news cycle, and we can go on and on.
And then everyone listening to the radio would go,
But [N] it's New Year's Eve, and I want everyone to have a great time.
That's right, me too.
Because 2010 is over, and just in the nick of time, isn't everybody happy about that?
It's going to be a great year.
I didn't have such a terrible 2010, and I know you didn't.
Lots of people I know.
But that doesn't mean anything good for you.
You didn't, but this will be even better now.
It is.
Maxine, what happened for you in 2010?
Was there some negatives?
I think for everyone I know it was a really bad year, and that to me, besides my own personal stuff,
which I don't want to go into, just like all my friends, you want everyone to have jobs,
and you want everyone to have health care, and you want everyone to be healthy,
and you want everyone this, that, and the other.
It seemed like one of those non-ending things, like,
Yeah, I spent my last $20 at a casino when I won $400, but on the way home I got a flat tire.
It's just that kind of stuff.
All year long, everybody I know.
Oh my God.
Well, here's to 2011.
Yes.
And thank you, X, for coming in.
First time, you both have been to the station several times with the Knitters,
and John, you've been here solo.
Yeah.
But, or with a number of different bands, it's the first time as X.
The first time the two of us have been here, yes.
Fantastic.
I love it.
Thank you very much for coming in.
All right, let's jump back into things.
Thanks again.
X, live on KEXP.
clean up the cities, kill the rats.
And they had rat [C] poison that [D] smelled like grapes.
[G]
There are men lost in jail, crowded 52 rooms.
There's too many rats in this cage of the world.
And [C] the women know [G] the place, [Am] they sit at home and write letters.
[G] Then they visit once a year, when they both just sit [C] there and stare.
[G] See [Am] how we are, [C] gotta keep [G] ours in between us.
[Am] See how we [C] are, we only sing [G] about it once in every 20 [Am] years.
See how we [G] are, [C] oh see how we [Am] are.
[G]
There are seven kinds of coke, 500 kinds of cigarettes.
This freedom choice in the USA drives everybody [C] crazy.
[G]
Down in [Am] Acapulco, [G] well they don't give a damn.
About kids selling chick flits with no shoes on their [C] [G] feet.
[Am] See how we are.
Oh my [C] God, Howard, look at that filthy [G] Indian.
[Am] See how we are, [C] we only sing about it [G] once in every 20 [Am] years.
See how we are, [C] oh see how [Am] we are.
[G] [G]
[Am] Well this morning, [G] the alarm rang at [C] noon.
And [Am] I'm trying to write [G] this letter [C] to you.
[Am] About how much I [G] care, [C] why I just can't be there.
[Am] To draw [G] your bathroom [C] comb, [Dm] your hair.
[G] Down in the night [C] squatter, [G]
when things ain't so hot.
My friends said I met a boy, and I'm in love.
I said, oh [C] really, [G] what's this one's name?
[Am] [G] She said his first name is Homeboy.
I said, could his last name be Trouble?
[C] [G] See how [Am] we are.
[C] Homeboy is not one of those [G] South Central ghetto names.
[Am] See how we [C] are, we only sing [G] about it once in every 20 years.
[Am] See how we [C] are, oh see [G] how [Am] we are.
[G] [G]
Now that highway is coming through, so we all gotta move.
Bottom line, there ain't no fun at all.
Cause now [C] [G] fires in our houses, [Am] and grape-flavored rat poison.
[G] Are the new trinity, part of the so-called community.
[C] [G] See [Am] how we are, [C] gotta keep eyes on [G] all of our windows.
[Am] See how we are, [C] we only sing about it [G] once in every 20 years.
[Am] See how we are, [C] oh see [G] how [Am] we are.
[G]
[C] [G] See how [Am] we are, [G] [C] [G] [C] yeah, see [G] how [Am] we are.
[Em] [Eb] Wow, amazing how relevant those lyrics are now.
I mean, they've stayed very relevant, haven't they?
Oh yeah.
Things seem to stay the same.
Everyone's gotta go to war, and everybody's gotta be greedy.
And hate on somebody's life across the border.
Yeah, you know, it's hard to say, but I think certain things get better, certain things get worse.
If anything, to me, it's like there's a bigger separation between people who are enlightened,
and people that are trying to bury their head in the sand and live in the past.
Are you referring to sort of the separation we have with people in our country?
It seems like people are one end of the spectrum over the other.
Yeah, and there's so many reasons why.
Media is one reason, and the 24-hour news cycle, and we can go on and on.
And then everyone listening to the radio would go,
But [N] it's New Year's Eve, and I want everyone to have a great time.
That's right, me too.
Because 2010 is over, and just in the nick of time, isn't everybody happy about that?
It's going to be a great year.
I didn't have such a terrible 2010, and I know you didn't.
Lots of people I know.
But that doesn't mean anything good for you.
You didn't, but this will be even better now.
It is.
Maxine, what happened for you in 2010?
Was there some negatives?
I think for everyone I know it was a really bad year, and that to me, besides my own personal stuff,
which I don't want to go into, just like all my friends, you want everyone to have jobs,
and you want everyone to have health care, and you want everyone to be healthy,
and you want everyone this, that, and the other.
It seemed like one of those non-ending things, like,
Yeah, I spent my last $20 at a casino when I won $400, but on the way home I got a flat tire.
It's just that kind of stuff.
All year long, everybody I know.
Oh my God.
Well, here's to 2011.
Yes.
And thank you, X, for coming in.
First time, you both have been to the station several times with the Knitters,
and John, you've been here solo.
Yeah.
But, or with a number of different bands, it's the first time as X.
The first time the two of us have been here, yes.
Fantastic.
I love it.
Thank you very much for coming in.
All right, let's jump back into things.
Thanks again.
X, live on KEXP.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ And then way back in Baltimore, [G] they wanted to have an urban renewal,
clean up the cities, kill the rats.
_ And they had rat [C] poison that [D] smelled like grapes.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ There are men lost in jail, crowded 52 rooms.
There's too many rats in this cage of the world.
And [C] the women know [G] the place, [Am] they sit at home and write letters.
[G] Then they visit once a year, when they both just sit [C] there and stare.
[G] See [Am] how we are, _ [C] gotta keep [G] ours in between us.
[Am] See how we [C] are, we only sing [G] about it once in every 20 [Am] years.
See how we [G] are, [C] oh see how we [Am] _ are.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There are seven kinds of coke, _ 500 kinds of cigarettes.
This freedom choice in the USA drives everybody _ [C] crazy.
_ [G]
Down in [Am] Acapulco, _ _ [G] well they don't give a damn.
About kids selling chick flits with no shoes on their [C] [G] feet.
[Am] See how we are.
Oh my [C] God, Howard, look at that filthy [G] Indian. _
[Am] See how we are, [C] we only sing about it [G] once in every 20 [Am] years.
See how we are, [C] oh see how [Am] we are.
_ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Well this morning, [G] the alarm rang at [C] noon.
And [Am] I'm trying to write [G] this letter [C] to you.
_ [Am] About how much I [G] care, [C] why I just can't be there.
[Am] To draw [G] your bathroom [C] comb, [Dm] your hair. _ _
_ _ _ [G] Down in the night [C] squatter, [G]
when things ain't so hot.
My friends said I met a boy, and I'm in love.
I said, oh [C] really, [G] what's this one's name?
[Am] _ _ [G] She said his first name is Homeboy.
I said, could his last name be Trouble?
[C] _ [G] _ See how [Am] we are.
[C] Homeboy is not one of those [G] South Central ghetto names.
[Am] See how we [C] are, we only sing [G] about it once in every 20 years.
[Am] See how we [C] are, oh see [G] how [Am] we are.
_ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Now that highway is coming through, so we all gotta move.
_ Bottom line, there ain't no fun at all.
Cause now [C] [G] fires in our houses, [Am] and grape-flavored rat poison.
[G] Are the new trinity, part of the so-called community.
[C] _ _ [G] See [Am] how we are, _ [C] gotta keep eyes on [G] all of our windows.
[Am] See how we are, [C] we only sing about it [G] once in every 20 years.
[Am] See how we are, [C] oh see [G] how [Am] we are.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] See how [Am] we _ are, [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] yeah, see [G] how [Am] we are. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [Eb] _ _ _ Wow, amazing how relevant those lyrics are now.
I mean, they've stayed very relevant, haven't they?
Oh yeah.
Things seem to stay the same.
Everyone's gotta go to war, and everybody's gotta be greedy.
And hate on somebody's life across the border.
Yeah, you know, _ it's hard to say, but I think certain things get better, certain things get worse.
If anything, to me, it's like there's a bigger separation between people who are enlightened,
and people that are trying to bury their head in the sand and live in the past.
Are you referring to sort of the separation we have with people in our country?
It seems like people are one end of the spectrum over the other.
Yeah, and there's so many reasons why.
Media is one reason, and the 24-hour news cycle, and we can go on and on.
And then everyone listening to the radio would go,
But [N] it's New Year's Eve, and I want everyone to have a great time.
That's right, me too.
Because 2010 is over, and just in the nick of time, isn't everybody happy about that?
It's going to be a great year.
I didn't have such a terrible 2010, and I know you didn't.
Lots of people I know.
But that doesn't mean anything good for you.
You didn't, but this will be even better now.
It is.
Maxine, what happened for you in 2010?
Was there some negatives?
I think for everyone I know it was a really bad year, and that to me, besides my own personal stuff,
which I don't want to go into, just like all my friends, you want everyone to have jobs,
and you want everyone to have health care, and you want everyone to be healthy,
and you want everyone this, that, and the other.
It seemed like one of those non-ending things, like,
Yeah, I spent my last $20 at a casino when I won $400, but on the way home I got a flat tire.
It's just that kind of stuff.
All year long, everybody I know.
Oh my God.
Well, here's to 2011.
Yes.
And thank you, X, for coming in.
First time, you both have been to the station several times with the Knitters,
and John, you've been here solo.
Yeah.
But, or with a number of different bands, it's the first time as X.
The first time the two of us have been here, yes.
Fantastic.
I love it.
Thank you very much for coming in.
All right, let's jump back into things.
Thanks again.
X, live on KEXP.
clean up the cities, kill the rats.
_ And they had rat [C] poison that [D] smelled like grapes.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ There are men lost in jail, crowded 52 rooms.
There's too many rats in this cage of the world.
And [C] the women know [G] the place, [Am] they sit at home and write letters.
[G] Then they visit once a year, when they both just sit [C] there and stare.
[G] See [Am] how we are, _ [C] gotta keep [G] ours in between us.
[Am] See how we [C] are, we only sing [G] about it once in every 20 [Am] years.
See how we [G] are, [C] oh see how we [Am] _ are.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There are seven kinds of coke, _ 500 kinds of cigarettes.
This freedom choice in the USA drives everybody _ [C] crazy.
_ [G]
Down in [Am] Acapulco, _ _ [G] well they don't give a damn.
About kids selling chick flits with no shoes on their [C] [G] feet.
[Am] See how we are.
Oh my [C] God, Howard, look at that filthy [G] Indian. _
[Am] See how we are, [C] we only sing about it [G] once in every 20 [Am] years.
See how we are, [C] oh see how [Am] we are.
_ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Well this morning, [G] the alarm rang at [C] noon.
And [Am] I'm trying to write [G] this letter [C] to you.
_ [Am] About how much I [G] care, [C] why I just can't be there.
[Am] To draw [G] your bathroom [C] comb, [Dm] your hair. _ _
_ _ _ [G] Down in the night [C] squatter, [G]
when things ain't so hot.
My friends said I met a boy, and I'm in love.
I said, oh [C] really, [G] what's this one's name?
[Am] _ _ [G] She said his first name is Homeboy.
I said, could his last name be Trouble?
[C] _ [G] _ See how [Am] we are.
[C] Homeboy is not one of those [G] South Central ghetto names.
[Am] See how we [C] are, we only sing [G] about it once in every 20 years.
[Am] See how we [C] are, oh see [G] how [Am] we are.
_ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Now that highway is coming through, so we all gotta move.
_ Bottom line, there ain't no fun at all.
Cause now [C] [G] fires in our houses, [Am] and grape-flavored rat poison.
[G] Are the new trinity, part of the so-called community.
[C] _ _ [G] See [Am] how we are, _ [C] gotta keep eyes on [G] all of our windows.
[Am] See how we are, [C] we only sing about it [G] once in every 20 years.
[Am] See how we are, [C] oh see [G] how [Am] we are.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] See how [Am] we _ are, [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] yeah, see [G] how [Am] we are. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [Eb] _ _ _ Wow, amazing how relevant those lyrics are now.
I mean, they've stayed very relevant, haven't they?
Oh yeah.
Things seem to stay the same.
Everyone's gotta go to war, and everybody's gotta be greedy.
And hate on somebody's life across the border.
Yeah, you know, _ it's hard to say, but I think certain things get better, certain things get worse.
If anything, to me, it's like there's a bigger separation between people who are enlightened,
and people that are trying to bury their head in the sand and live in the past.
Are you referring to sort of the separation we have with people in our country?
It seems like people are one end of the spectrum over the other.
Yeah, and there's so many reasons why.
Media is one reason, and the 24-hour news cycle, and we can go on and on.
And then everyone listening to the radio would go,
But [N] it's New Year's Eve, and I want everyone to have a great time.
That's right, me too.
Because 2010 is over, and just in the nick of time, isn't everybody happy about that?
It's going to be a great year.
I didn't have such a terrible 2010, and I know you didn't.
Lots of people I know.
But that doesn't mean anything good for you.
You didn't, but this will be even better now.
It is.
Maxine, what happened for you in 2010?
Was there some negatives?
I think for everyone I know it was a really bad year, and that to me, besides my own personal stuff,
which I don't want to go into, just like all my friends, you want everyone to have jobs,
and you want everyone to have health care, and you want everyone to be healthy,
and you want everyone this, that, and the other.
It seemed like one of those non-ending things, like,
Yeah, I spent my last $20 at a casino when I won $400, but on the way home I got a flat tire.
It's just that kind of stuff.
All year long, everybody I know.
Oh my God.
Well, here's to 2011.
Yes.
And thank you, X, for coming in.
First time, you both have been to the station several times with the Knitters,
and John, you've been here solo.
Yeah.
But, or with a number of different bands, it's the first time as X.
The first time the two of us have been here, yes.
Fantastic.
I love it.
Thank you very much for coming in.
All right, let's jump back into things.
Thanks again.
X, live on KEXP.