Key: E major•
Verse 1
B
E
B
By the second verse, dear friends
C#m
A
My head will burst, my life will end
Live and love
Verse 2
E
B
I was young and at home in bed
And thirty-one
B
E
I I was impressionable,
Verse 3
C#m
A
breathing stop,
A
B
came in I would be cold
Verse 4
B
E
B
From a bridge on Washington Avenue
C#m
A
The year of 1972
Verse 5
Verse 6
C#m
A
And at the funeral the university
B
C#m
Cried at three poems they'd
A
B
present in place of a broken me
Verse 7
E
B
I was breaking in a case of suds
C#m
A
At the brass rail, a fall-down drunk
drunk
Verse 8
C#m
A
While stupidly I lingered on
Verse 9
A
B
est winter sun
A
B
I'm stripped down to move on
My friends, I'm gone
F#m
A
Verse 10
B
A
E
and I hear my mother call
A
E
A
E
And I hear the others all whispering,
I'm sorry to go,
E
A
E
A
E
A
I loved you all so
E
B
But this is the worst trip
I've ever been on
E
A
Verse 11
E
A
E
So hoist up the John B. sail
E
A
E
See how the main sail sets
(See how the main sail sets)
Verse 12
E
A
With a book in my hand
E
A
In the way I had planned
E
B
Well, this is the worst trip
I've ever been on
E
Verse 13
A
E
Hoist up the John B. sail
(See how the main sail sets)
A
I've
Verse 14
E
A
In the way I had planned
Verse 15
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E C#m A F#m
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