Tracks In The Dust

Cmaj9: 0-0-2-0-2-0
Dm9:   2-2-3-2-3-x
Em9:   4-4-5-4-5-x
Fm9:   5-5-6-5-6-x
Gm9:   7-7-8-7-8-x
Am9:   9-9-10-9-10-x
Bm9:   11-11-12-11-12-0

* single down strum (typically in a split measure)
** slow arpeggio from 6th to 1st string, repeat once

Fretting suggestion: For higher pitched chords, use the index finger to barre 5th and 6th 
strings with
middle finger fretting 3rd string. Lightly mute 1st string with index finger for chords Dm9 to 
Am9.
Use ring and pinky on the 4th and 2nd strings, respectively for all chords.

[Intro]
Dm9    Cmaj9    Dm9      Cmaj9
Dm9    Em9      Fm9      Gm9

[Verse 1]
Dm9                             Cmaj9
   Four of us were having dinner
Dm9                                       Cmaj9
   And I threw down the paper with a curse
                  Dm9                                    Em9
And my wife said   "Complaining doesn't get it, you got to do something,
         Fm9                    Gm9
or you can bet it will get worse”
Dm9                                        Cmaj9
   And my friend said   "You've been watching
Dm9              Cmaj9
   T.V.   too   much
Fm9*           Em9*      Dm9*        Fm9                         Gm9 Fm9* Gm9
    And  all  that     hippie        hopefulness is just a crutch
            Dm9                   Cmaj9
But if thinking that way helps you
    Dm9                    Cmaj9
To make it through the night
     Dm9         Em9                            Gm9 Fm9* Gm9
Then who am I   to say   what's wrong and right?"

[Chorus]
  Fm9             Gm9          Am9                  Bm9
But I think  we're passing    through here kind of fast
Fm9                 Em9                           Am9      Gm9* Am9 Gm9*
Did you think   these tracks   in the dust would last?
 Fm9            Gm9             Am9                     Bm9
I think    we're passing    through here kind of   fast
Fm9                   Em9                           Dm9
Did you think  these tracks    in the dust would last?

[Verse 2]
Dm9                                   Cmaj9
"So you think we all should just sit here
     Dm9                       Cmaj9
Maybe have another glass of wine
  Dm9                           Em9
While the world goes to hell,  which you know damn well
 Fm9                               Gm9
it's going to do just down the line?"
         Dm9                   Cmaj9
And his lady said "I dunno,  how can you be so sure
  Dm9                             Cmaj9
I mean, some things seem to get better
Fm9*       Em9*     Dm9*        Em9
The hero  still    saves the   damsel in distress
Gm9                        Fm9* Gm9
The villan doesn't get her"
            Dm9                    Cmaj9
And I said "Where have you been living?
                  Dm9                          Em9
I mean they're selling death in the streets, cheap
  Fm9           Em9               Fm9                          Gm9
And the lying   politicians    are rolling in the profits they reap"
   Dm9                Cmaj9
And my friend said  "He's right honey,
   Dm9                         Cmaj9
but I think it's always been that way"
   Dm9                    Em9             Fm9                   Gm9
And he smiled kind of patiently     and I knew he was going to say

[Chorus]
  Fm9             Gm9          Am9                  Bm9
But I think  we're passing    through here kind of fast
Fm9               Em9                           Am9      Gm9* Am9 Gm9*
Did you think   these tracks   in the dust would last?
 Fm9            Gm9             Am9                     Bm9
I think    we're passing    through here kind of   fast
Fm9                   Em9                           Dm9
Did you think  these tracks    in the dust would last?

[Outro]
Fm9            Gm9                                 Bm9**
I think   we're passing    through here kind of fast