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