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C/G Am7/G C/G Am7/G G F C/G Am7/G C/G Am7/G C/G Am7/G G F C/G I almost saw a train wreck G F Am Then I had to look away G F C/G Never had I wondered before G F C/G What happened when metal bent and tore G F C/G I ran across manhole covers G F Am Toward the center of my Earth G F . C/G Valleys and other landmarks G F C/G Visions of big machines transformed C/G C/G G F C/G C/G C/G C/G G F C/G Walking around in St. Matthews G F Am The winds were light and the roads were wet G F C/G Those green sloping mountains over G F C/G Leading up to gravel beds G F C/G My brother Paul was walking aimless G F Am My father Pete had turned away G F C/G Paul stumbled toward a roaring train track G F C/G He was only four years old that day C/G C/G G F C/G C/G C/G C/G Middle Am D Who's in control? Am G Who's in control? F C/G G F C/G I barely saw it happen G F Am The grounds monumental shake G F C/G There must have been two feet between them G F C/G Before those two hands snatched him safe G F C/G As we headed home to beat the sunset G F Am I heard him crying overhead G F C/G That night I dreamt we turned the lights out G F C/G And wandered far away from this C/G C/G G F C/G C/G C/G C/G Middle Am D Who's in control? Am G Yeah, who's in control? F C/G G F C/G Now I'm sitting on a bridge G F Am Out in Portland, Oregon G F C/G The old day begins to shudder G F C/G And rolling on, becomes another C/G C/G G F C/G C/G C/G C/G