“The Sure Thing Myth”
(aka, Yellow Arrow)
By Joe Credit iii
Capo iii
Intro: /E-/G-Am Am/G D/F#
Am C/G D/F#
1. Won’t you hang with me?
Am C/G D/F#
We’re gonna carpet-bomb Eurasia
Am C/G D/F#
Done with serious, I need a new direction
Am C/G D/F#
When you laugh at pain it comes to find you
Am C/G D/F#
2. Chasing after the sure-thing myth
Am C/G D/F#
That keeps the genie in the bottle
Am C/G D/F#
Attached to the guardrail of tomorrow
Am C/G D/F#
The silent moon descends the stairs of night
/A-/B- C G Am
CH: Concerned with the weather
/A-/B- C G Am
Chasin’ shadows through forever
/A-/B- C G Am
A big blue sign….
/A-/B- C G Am
Yellow arrow point the way
/A-/B- C G Am
Yellow arrow point the way
3. Hold your breath and count to ten.
Big crow flies through a starless sky
Signals cross between the rails
Brakeman's slumber made manifest
4. Silver eye glasses shatter
Exploding rapture among the fuzzy bits
Snuggled deep within the fire truck
Howling for a great escape
Ch, then instrumental, Ch