Chicago Institute

Gm Way back there an explosion of hope Bb Hit out hard in a furnace of steel Bb Ab I thought life was a fire Eb Gm I thought life was a high time Gm Eb (I thought life was a fire) Eb Gm I thought life was a symbol Gm Eb (I thought life was for livin') Eb Gm I thought life was for livin' Gm Eb (I thought life was a symbol) Eb Bb Cm Gm Gm Bbm Cm I thought life was a fire Cm Gm There's an institute in Chicago Cm Dm With a room full of machines Gm And they live this side of the sunrise Cm Dm And burn away your dreams Gm F Eb Dm Once you fly to Chicago - in Chicago you will die Gm Bb Cm Gm Gm Bbm Cm When that institute in Chicago has recorded you and I Cm Gm There's an empty house in California Cm Dm But they'll always let you in Gm And they'll make you feel oh so easy Cm Dm Like you never learned to sin Gm F Eb Dm Oh yes it's how they made it, how they made it seem so clean Gm Bb Cm Gm Gm Bbm Cm Yes, that empty house in California is our brave new world's machine Cm Gm At the institute in Chicago Cm Dm From the first day you were born Gm Oh they just can't tell what you're feelin' Cm Dm And they can't see how you're torn Gm F Eb Dm When your name's just a number - just a number you will die Gm Bb Cm Gm Gm Bbm Cm 'Cause that institute in Chicago never knew you were alive Solo II Gm Ab Way back there a reflection of me Eb Bb Turned my head in a circle of time Bb Ab I thought life was for livin' Eb F I thought life was a high time F Bb I thought life was a fire Bb F Cm I thought life was a symbol