C/G: 332010
Am7/G: 330210

The Am7/G variation is played after every C/G.

[Intro]
C/G Am7/G C/G Am7/G
G F C/G Am7/G C/G Am7/G C/G Am7/G

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
C/G C/G G F
C/G C/G C/G C/G

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
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

[Outro]
C/G C/G G F
C/G C/G C/G C/G