CAPO 4
[F]I did what e[G]veryone else does[C][Am]
[F] I drifted [G]back to my hometown[C][Am]
With my [F]restless heart kept [G]hidden
Deep wit[C]hin my c[G]hest I k[Am]new
[F]They'd have to t[G]ake me back [C]again
[F] Put on my [G]shoes to search for clu[C]es[Am]
[F] But you'll ne[G]ver find them there[C][AM]
Nor with the [F]mates from your old c[G]lass
Gathered a[C]fter m[G]idnight [Am]mass
Round the [F]bar in the [G]predawn hours of Christmas [C]morning
[F]They thought I'd outgrown them
They could [G]read it on my [C]face
[F]I wanted to l[G]eave but my fa[C]ce...
Had an a[F]ppointment to ke[G]ep
with the [C]fist of s[G]ome young [Am]freak
That's why I [F]wear this s[G]car beneath my e[C]ye
[F]Summer Job tending [G]lawns for old men[C][Am]
who sit [F]round predicting[G] weather with their bone[C]s[Am]
sticks and s[F]tones are more ak[G]in
to what lies u[C]nderne[G]ath their sk[Am]in
and their s[F]ouls cling on[G] to that skeleto[C]n
[F]and if i had a dollar
for ever[G]ytime i shoulda been pai[C]d
[F] Then i [G]would have been p[C]aid
but their meagre[F] money couldnt b[G]uy
the [C]blue out [G]of the [Am]sky
or downp[F]ay the com[G]mon day to sta[C]y away
break
[F] some weeks be[G]fore the whirl began[C][Am]
[F]i drifted [G]back to my hometown[C][Am]
to all the [F]blessed, to me a curs[G]e
to the pion[C]eers who [G]got there fi[Am]rst
stay in the g[F]round for if [G]i come back again[C]
to all the [F]soul folks swaying pi[G]nes
the shoes hangin[C]g on pow[G]er lines[Am]
i keep you [F]here
for if i[G] come back again[C].
[F]I did what e[G]veryone else does[C][Am]
[F] I drifted [G]back to my hometown[C][Am]
With my [F]restless heart kept [G]hidden
Deep wit[C]hin my c[G]hest I k[Am]new
[F]They'd have to t[G]ake me back [C]again
[F] Put on my [G]shoes to search for clu[C]es[Am]
[F] But you'll ne[G]ver find them there[C][AM]
Nor with the [F]mates from your old c[G]lass
Gathered a[C]fter m[G]idnight [Am]mass
Round the [F]bar in the [G]predawn hours of Christmas [C]morning
[F]They thought I'd outgrown them
They could [G]read it on my [C]face
[F]I wanted to l[G]eave but my fa[C]ce...
Had an a[F]ppointment to ke[G]ep
with the [C]fist of s[G]ome young [Am]freak
That's why I [F]wear this s[G]car beneath my e[C]ye
[F]Summer Job tending [G]lawns for old men[C][Am]
who sit [F]round predicting[G] weather with their bone[C]s[Am]
sticks and s[F]tones are more ak[G]in
to what lies u[C]nderne[G]ath their sk[Am]in
and their s[F]ouls cling on[G] to that skeleto[C]n
[F]and if i had a dollar
for ever[G]ytime i shoulda been pai[C]d
[F] Then i [G]would have been p[C]aid
but their meagre[F] money couldnt b[G]uy
the [C]blue out [G]of the [Am]sky
or downp[F]ay the com[G]mon day to sta[C]y away
break
[F] some weeks be[G]fore the whirl began[C][Am]
[F]i drifted [G]back to my hometown[C][Am]
to all the [F]blessed, to me a curs[G]e
to the pion[C]eers who [G]got there fi[Am]rst
stay in the g[F]round for if [G]i come back again[C]
to all the [F]soul folks swaying pi[G]nes
the shoes hangin[C]g on pow[G]er lines[Am]
i keep you [F]here
for if i[G] come back again[C].
