John Allyn Smith Sails chords by
Okkervil River
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Key: E major

Verse 1
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
By the second verse, dear friends
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
My head will burst, my life will end
A A 
 
So I'd like to start this
D D 
 
one off by saying
Live and love

Verse 2
D D 
 
A A 
 
I was young and at home in bed
Bm Bm 
 
And I was hanging on the words
G G 
 
some poem said
And thirty-one
A A 
 
D D 
 
I I was impressionable,
Em Em 
 
I was upsettable
G G 
 
I tried to make my

Verse 3

breathing stop,

my heart beat slow

So when my mom and John

came in I would be cold

Verse 4
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
From a bridge on Washington Avenue
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
The year of 1972
A A 
 
Broke my bones and skull
D D 
 
And it was memorable

Verse 5
D D 
 
It was half a second and I
A A 
 
was halfway down
Bm Bm 
 
Do you think I wanted to turn
G G 
 
back around
A A 
 
And teach a  class
D D 
 
Where you kiss the ass
Em Em 
 
that I've exposed to you

Verse 6

And at the funeral the university

Cried at three poems they'd

present in place of a broken me

Verse 7
D D 
 
A A 
 
I was breaking in a case of suds
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
At the brass rail, a fall-down drunk
drunk
A A 
 
With his tongue torn out
D D 
 
And his balls removed

Verse 8
D D 
 
And I knew that my last
A A 
 
lines were gone
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
While stupidly I lingered on
A A 
 
Other wise men know
D D 
 
When it's time to go and
Em Em 
 
so I   should too

Verse 9
Bm Bm 
 
And so I fly into the bright
G G 
 
A A 
 
est winter sun
Bm Bm 
 
Of this frozen town
G G 
 
A A 
 
I'm stripped down to move on
My friends, I'm gone
Em Em 
 
G G 
 

Verse 10
A A 
 
D D 
 
Well, I  hear my father fall
G G 
 
D D 
 
and I  hear my mother call
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
And I  hear the others all whispering,
A A 
 
come home
I'm sorry to go,
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
I loved you all so
D D 
 
A A 
 
But this is the worst trip
I've ever been on
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 11
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
So hoist up the John B. sail
G G 
 
(Hoist up the John B. sail)
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
See how the main sail sets
(See how the main sail sets)
G G 
 
I've fol

Verse 12
D D 
 
ded my heart in my head
A A 
 
And I wanna go home
D D 
 
G G 
 
With a book in my hand
D D 
 
G G 
 
In the way I had planned
D D 
 
A A 
 
Well, this is the worst trip
I've ever been on
D D 
 

Verse 13
G G 
 
D D 
 
Hoist up the John B. sail
G G 
 
(Hoist up the John B. sail)
D D 
 
See how the main sail sets
(See how the main sail sets)
G G 
 
I've

Verse 14
D D 
 
folded my heart in my head
A A 
 
And I wanna go home
D D 
 
With a book in each hand
G G 
 
(With a book in each hand)
D D 
 
G G 
 
In the way I had planned
D D 
 
(In the way I had planned)

Verse 15

I feel so broke up

I wanna go home

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ChordsA D Bm G Em

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