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