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