Key: F major
Intro 1
Fm
Verse 1
Fm
On a hill,
inside a house in covewell reach
Stands a man who's
Eb
feeling very tired
A
Ab
Looking at a song he wrote
some time ago
Cm
Could have made it big inside
Bb
a Broadway show
Fm
Every day I go away and find ideas
Gbm
Fm
Think, I'll climb on top
Eb
of somewhere high
Ab
Couldn't I write a song about
G
A man who's dead
Cm
Didn't really know if he
Bb
B
was off his head
Bb
Ev'rybody
Verse 2
Ab
knows,
Dbm
Fm
A
that's the way it goes
Bb
G
Ab
Eb
Too bad for Gilbert Green
Dbm
C
We can tell the world
Dbm
Fm
that he was right
Verse 3
Fm
Sitting in his attic on a sunny day
Eb
Mending 50 goblets that are worn
Verse 4
Ab
Humming to himself a song of yesteryear
Cm
Dbm
His hearing wasn't good but
Bb
His eyes were clear
Verse 5
G
Ev'rybody knows, that's
Ab
Dbm
Fm
A
the way it goes
B
Bb
G#
Eb
Too bad for Gilbert Green
Dbm
We can tell the world that
Gbm
Fm
he was right
Verse 6
Fm
Now the house is burnt
F#m
Along with Gilbert Green
Eb
Sad to see his sisters stand and cry
E
A
Ab
And in the basement lies a
Song that wasn't seen
Dbm
Cm
Tells the tale of laughing
Bb
B
Men and yellow beans
Bb
Ev'rybody
Verse 7
Ab
knows,
Dbm
Fm
A
that's the way it goes
Bb
B
Bb
Too bad for Gilber
Gm
G
Ab
t Green
Eb
C#m
C#
Now we can tell the world that he was right
Outro 1
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Ab
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Gb
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