Key: G major
Verse 1
F
Well at night he sits alone
and he's looking at the stars
Bb
Gm
He listens to them playing guitars
Eb
Bb
Him and Filt go back a long, way
F
They talked about marching and dying
C
Bb
All in one day they play songs together
F
C
They sit up past the door
Bb
Gm
F
Well I wonder why his dream goes on
C
G
F
You know Bob was there
last week as well
Bb
Well he's a quiet guy
Gm
but he's got stories to tell
Eb
Our hero sits and listens
Bb
without asking why
F
And teaches Bob a minor
C
with a glint in his eye
Bb
Well Bob used it on Hollis Brown but that
F
Bb
F
Was some time ago
C
Bb
When is this dream gonna stop?
F
Heaven knows
Bb
F
Then our hero picks up his guitar
Gm
Eb
To play the only tune he knows
Bb
He played it to me once, he said
F
Was it short?
Gm
Eb
But this is how it goes
C
F
And then he sings, one time
Bb
He sings, this is the only thing
F
that really matters
Gm
Eb
Keeps me golden, retains my sanity
Bb
The nights I spend alone
F
Gm
when there's just billows
Eb
Bb
Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman,
F
David Blue
Gm
Eb
C
F
And me, and me Stevie died
and then David died
Bb
Gm
But only to the papers that live outside
Eb
Last Thursday they were in
Bb
the room where he sits
F
The three of them making jokes
C
about the meager old bits
Bb
And Steve and David smile
F
and they left quite soon
C
He wonders about that dream
Bb
as he looks at the stars
F
C
and the moon
F
Sometimes he has a party
for him and the crew
Bb
They turn up on time
Gm
just cause they always do
Eb
And Phil plays Ein March
Bb
and it's his fa vourite song
F
And Bob plays harmonica
C
but he plays it all wrong
Bb
And Steve harmonises like he
F
did with John Prine
C
And David just sits and look
Bb
F
s blue all the time
Bb
Dm
Well, then the time comes round again,
Gm
Eb
they all sit and listen to our hero play
Bb
He says, well,
F
you've heard it all before,
Gm
Eb
but they like it, so they shout encore
C
F
And then he sings,
he's a dreamer, he's lost time
Bb
This is the only thing that
F
really matters,
Gm
Eb
keeps me go ing, retains my sanity
Bb
The nights I spend alone
F
when there's just
Gm
Eb
Bb
Bill Oaks, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman,
F
Gm
Eb
David Blue, and me, and me.
Bb
F
Bill Oaks, Bob Dylan,
Eb
F
Bb
Steve Goodman, David Blue, and me.
You
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