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 Observation
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[Transcribed by Jon Schulz (jschulz@vt.edu)]

Standard tuning, capo - 3rd fret.

The intro./ending riff is:

1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|-------------------------------------------------
4|-----------------0--0^2--0-----------------------
5|------------1>2-------------2-----0-0^2----------
6|----0^3--3---------------------3---------0--2----

At the end of the song, play the above riff and resolve
on a G chord.

The pattern for the chorus is, roughly:

1|-----------3---------3------------
2|-----------3---------3------------
3|-----------0---------0------------
4|-----------0---------2--0^2^0----
5|-----------2--0>2>3--3------------
6|----0>2>3--3-----------------------

Notable chords:

      C(9)   Em7   Am7   G
1|----0------0------0----3----|
2|----3------3------1----3----|
3|----0------0------0----0----|
4|----2------2------2----0----|
5|----3------2------0----2----|
6|-----------------------3----|

C(9)           Em7
Mama, oh, I've tried
      Am7                G
but I can't see from the back
C(9)                   Em7
I can hear the chalk a screechin'
       Am7              G (repeat this pattern to the D)
but to me it's a sea of black and 
I've often tried the front closer to the blackened sea 
but the back of my neck's getting' awfully raw from all the trajectory, 
I hear laughing, I hear voices I hear what could be Chinese
but the meeting with the teacher could not make sense of these

D
it's not that I'm slow
        C
I think everyone is quick
        G            C(9)         G    C(9)
So they put me under observation
G                 C(9)
fill my head with dye
    G                   C(9)
and look for the reason why
          G            C(9)
that they put me under observation
D
brush it under a rug
C
one day it'll all go away



mama, I don't know how these beets got in my coat
they brought me to this little room and told me I could use the phone
that's why before you cut that check there's a man who you should meet
could I visit with him daily and plus, I don't even like beets.
Smash the windows, tear the curtains if I don't get my way,
the governor has promised me a comfy place to stay;
it's not that I'm well I think everyone is sick

So he put me under observation thinking he might know
whether or not he should go and put me on some medication
brush it under a rug one day it'll all go away

now could you tell me did my life start at fifteen
they gave me just a little charge and the rest is a blur to me
I feel silly, I feel stupid I feel happy all the time
I feel silly, I feel stupid oh you heard me the first time,
hear me ramble, hear me babble now don't you walk away,
I have something very important I forgot what I was going to say

So they have me under observation life out on the farm
protecting me from harm protecting me from laceration
brush it under a rug one day it'll all go away

mama say goodnight now I'll smoke before I sleep
I know, I know, don't tell me don't smoke and fall asleep,
I feel dizzy and unconscious as I lie upon this bed
I should probably turn the light out but I'll lie back instead...

mama can't you hear me don't you love me anymore
I can't put out my cigarette I can't make it to the door
I feel weightless and angelic and the view up hear is nice
you can tell them to come over and unhook their device

and I'll keep you under observation carry on like always
and don't cry for a minute 'cause this might be cause for celebration
I think I've grown some wings it's time to fly away