Written by David Bryson/Adam Duritz/Toby Hawkins/Lydia Holly
Intro: F#m E Bm F#m F#m E Bm F#m E I was born in the jungle Bm F#m With the sickening smell of cinnamon in the air F#m E Born in a white hole Bm A D E F#m and I can't believe the colors here today E Stuck on a circle Bm F#m I've never been blessed with elephant's memory F#m E Bm Riding a red line nowhere D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years, put the money away D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir D A G Bm A D E If it takes 40 years I want the thunder and the rain F#m E I was born in a good home Bm F#m Where the rising cost of raising children F#m E Was not a factor Bm A D A F#m And I can't believe the things it does to me E I'm filled with the white noise Bm F#m Well I never did much of anything anyway F#m E Bm Jump on a big train nowhere D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years, put the money away D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years I want the thunder and the rain F C G D I'm gonna buy me a good heart, and a conscience, maybe raise some children F C G Get me a good wife, and a God and God and God and God and F C G D Start me a new life with a six foot color television F C G A E Start me a new life somewhere F#m E I was born on a warm night Bm F#m On the right coast, southeastern America F#m E Dead on arrival Bm A D E F#m But you can't believe the things you hear today E Bm I'll fly me a white plane over water F#m Over blue and green and F#m E Bm Land in the ocean somewhere D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years for the guns to be paid for D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years, put the money away D A G Bm A If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir D A G Bm If it takes 40 years well I want that thunder A G Bm A Yeah and I want that rain G Oh well I want that rain Bm A Come on now, now gimme the thunder, gimme the thunder G Bm A Gimme the rain G Bm A I want that rain, I want the thunder and the rain