Key: D major
Verse 1
D
Em
G
D
You'll recall from the sagas I hope
A
D
G
How his grip on the sword made his
D
Em
D
enemies cut off his hand
D
G
and had tasted this terrible coffee
A
G
Or read these letters you sent he'd surrender,
Em
D
Verse 2
G
A
And it's Halloween
D
A
D
Skinny ghosts dress like cowboys
G
A
D
Bm
D
Bm
and rest at the railing by my door
D
G
On their way from
A
D
the children's ward
Em
D
Verse 3
A
D
G
ally boys play at the party
A
D
Bm
G
And I practice my English on nurses, 'Oh,
D
A
D
that's a nice name.'
And they may ask for mine,
G
D
but the burns on my back from the x-rays
G
A
D
Say Say I shouldn't show anyone
Bm
G
any thing ever again
D
A
Verse 4
D
G
A
In another year
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D
G
I'll be bur ied or shivering here.
A
Bm
Coughing at the grey spittoon
G
A
Painted orange by the harvest
Interlude 1
moon
D
A
D
G
A
G
D
A
D
Verse 5
G
D
A
Pack up mother's clothes
D
G
Drive her down to the new Betle Home
A
Bm
Sell the boat to Arnison
Em
D
Em
G
And then go stand up straight
A
Bm
A
Bm
In the place you're longing for
G
A
D
And don't write to me anymore
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