Jazz On The Autobahn

[Verse 1] D G The sheriff disappeared D G He drove in a doomed Corvette D G Helen was in the passenger seat eating melon and spitting out the seeds D G D G D G Feeling happy to be alone but still turning a saxophone as cold as stone kinda like [Verse 2] D G She said this is what the apocalypse will look like D G A tornado with human eyes D Poisoned birdbaths and torrents of chemical rain G D G Like the heads of state hyperventilating in clouds of methane D G D G Sundown on the human heart [Verse 3] D G And this is what the apocalypse will sound like D G But it will be loud as a mushroom cloud D It will sound like final jeopardy G But somehow be ghostly like a glockenspiel D G Like the testing of bombs or the tapping of stiletto heels Chorus D It will sound like jazz G Jazz jazz jazz D Jazz on the autobahn G D It will sound like jazz G Jazz jazz jazz D G Jazz on the autobahn [Verse 4] D The sheriff disagreed G D He tried to make the distinction between death and extinction G D They stopped off at a place called Hamburger Heaven to grab a bite to eat G D But Helen had no appetite, she just drank a 7 Up G While the sheriff tapped his coffee cup to a distant beat Interlude D G D G [Verse 5] D It won't look like those old frescoes, man I don't think so G D There will be no angels with swords, man I don't think so G D No jubilant beings in the sky above, man I don't think so G D And it won't look like those old movies neither G D There will be no drag racing through the bombed out streets neither G D No shareholders will be orbiting the earth, man neither G D It will be hard to recognize each other through our oxygen masks G D The successful sons of businessmen will set their desks on fire G D While five star generals of the free world weep in the oil-choked tide Chorus G D It won't sound like jazz G Jazz jazz jazz D Jazz on the autobahn G D It won't sound like jazz G Jazz jazz jazz D Jazz on the autobahn [Verse 6] G D They agreed to disagree G D They zoomed off in a doomed Corvette G D The sheriff couldn't recall feeling this way his entire life G D As he drove through the principalities of unreality G On the run with somebody else's wife D G D G The heiress of Texas oil [Verse 7] D What is freedom? He thought G D Is it to be empty of desire? G D Is it to find everything I've lost or have been in search of? G D Or is it to return to the things is which there is no more returning? Chorus G D Does it feel like jazz? G Jazz jazz jazz D Jazz on the autobahn G D Does it feel like jazz? G Jazz jazz jazz D Jazz on the autobahn G D Does it feel like jazz? G Jazz jazz jazz D Jazz on the autobahn G D Does it feel like jazz? G Jazz jazz jazz D Jazz on the autobahn G D Does it feel like jazz? G Jazz jazz jazz D Jazz on the autobahn G D Does it feel like jazz? G Jazz jazz jazz D G D Jazz on the autobahn