Key: E major
Verse 1
A
E
one fine Oc tober day
Sailing into Baltimore, well,
shining like they're brand-new dimes
dimes
Glistening in the sunlight,
B
E
blistering my eyes
Verse 2
C#m
F#
I knew it wasn't true
B
E
but not a single note from you
F#
Verse 3
You zoomed up to Philly,
B
F#
they'd taught you to make maps
They commissioned you in piety,
B
F#
and waited for the waters to rise
And set sail down the Ohio,
C#
F#
with a lost tribe on your mind
Verse 4
Db
Gb
but not a single note from you
Interlude 1
Gb
G#
Verse 5
G#
Db
Ab
As Hurricane Charlie was gathering pace
Abm
Ab
At night instead of eyelids,
Db
Ab
shining in a golden hour
Bluffing 'round America,
Eb
Ab
seizing every hour
Verse 6
Fm
Bb
I knew it wasn't true
Eb
Ab
but not a single note from you
Interlude 2
Ab
Bb
Verse 7
Eb
Bb
and sailed to the west
Stopped in Cincinnati,
F
Bb
dined with all the best
Reached the Mississippi,
Eb
Bb
took an oath in New Madrid
Fell into a maiden's arms,
F
Bb
malaria on your lips
Verse 8
Gm
C
I knew it wasn't true
F
Bb
but not a single note from you
Interlude 3
C
Verse 9
C
F
C
Up to St Louis, Kaskaskia on the way
Walking through the wilderness,
F
C
and reptiles crawl around
Your mind was baked just like a cake,
G
C
as trouble gathered round
Verse 10
Am
D
I knew it wasn't true
G
C
D
but not a single note from you
Verse 11
D
Defected to the Spanish,
G
D
you joined the mighty crown
Up the Missouri,
G
D
the Ponca and the Sioux
But missed the lost Padoucas, after
A
D
all the ballyhoo
Verse 12
Bm
E
I knew it wasn't true
A
D
but not a single note from you
Interlude 4
E
Verse 13
A
E
you raised the Spanish flag
Survived assassination,
A
E
But the lost tribe was a lost cause,
A
E
so you cried a silent tear
And fled back to St Louis,
B
E
to a familiar frontier
Verse 14
C#m
F#
me, I knew it wasn't true
B
E
but not a single note from you
Interlude 5
E
F#
Verse 15
B
F#
the church bells did trill
The body of Don Juan Evans,
B
F#
you surveyed by the stars
But here lies your body,
F#
bars
Verse 16
D#m
G#
I knew it wasn't true
F#
C#
F#
I've 800 unread messages,
B
C#
F#
but not a single note from you
Outro 1
F#
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