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