This is an acoustic version played by Joel with his father, Bill, at Berkeley Church in
Works well and is way easier than the Drop D version tabbed from the CD. Beautiful song.
somebody could tab Bill's fills.
Standard tuning
Intro:
Verse:
The air was getting heavy, I knew that it was coming
So I started up my Chevy, to keep the motor runnin'
A storm came down upon us, and flooded all the rivers
Surrounded by pirahnas, and the doctors who deliver
PRECHORUS:
Anything that you require
Now the fields are all on fire
And I'm calling down the wire
CHORUS
La de da ... de da de da, batten down the hatches, Becky,
Open up the earth and sky. . . , waiting on a natural disaster
Sitting out on my front porch, watching storm clouds moving faster
Like a natural disaster
VERSE 2:
With a hurricane between us, I saw it on the TV
I went down to Pheonix, and made my La De Da CD
PRECHORUS:
And nobody got paid
Just like the good old days
You could waste your life away
CHORUS
La de da ... de da de da, batten down the hatches, Becky,
Open up the earth and sky. . . , waiting on a natural disaster
Sitting out on my front porch, watching storm clouds moving faster
Like a natural disaster
VERSE 3:
I left Nova Scotia, and headed down the coast
I tore a strip off Memphis, before I levelled Roanoake
I punished Pecos County, and headed for Las Crusades
Anyone around me, will be covered in my bruises
PRECHORUS:
You want something to remember me by
You can write my name in the sky
And sing la de da
CHORUS
La de da ... de da de da, batten down the hatches, Becky,
Open up the earth and sky. . . , waiting on a natural disaster
Sitting out on my front porch, watching storm clouds moving faster
Like a natural disaster
I'm a natural disaster