Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue & Me chords by John Wesley Harding

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
At night,
he sits alone and he's looking at the stars
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Dm 
He listens to them playing guitars
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F 
Him and Phil go back a  long long way
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They talked about marching
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and dying all in one day
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They played songs together,
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G 
they sit up past the dawn
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C 
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Am 
I wonder why this dream goes on

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Verse 2
C 
You know Bob was there
last week as well
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He's a quiet guy but he's
Dm 
got stories to tell
Bb 
Our hero   sits and listens
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without asking why
C 
And teaches Bob A minor
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Dm 
with a glint in his eye
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Bob used it on Hollis Brown,
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G 
but that was sometime ago
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When is this dream gonna
stop? Heaven knows
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Verse 3
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C 
Then our hero picks up his guitar
Dm 
To play them the only
Bb 
tune he knows
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He played it to me once
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He said "Wes, it's short,
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Bb 
G 
but this is how it goes"
And then he sings
C 

Verse 4
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'This is the only thing
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that really matters
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Keeps me going,
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retains my sanity
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The nights I spend alone
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when there's just
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Bb 
F 
Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman,
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Dm 
Bb 
C 
David Blue and me

Verse 5
C 
Stevie died and David died
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Dm 
But only to the papers that live outside
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Last Thursday they were in
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the room where he sits
C 
The three of them making jokes
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about the meager obits
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Dm 
F 
Steve and David smiled and
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G 
they left quite soon
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He wonders about that dream
C 
As he looks at the stars
G 
and the moon

Verse 6
C 
Sometimes he has a party
for him and the crew
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They turn up on time just
Dm 
cos they always do
Bb 
And Phil plays I Ain't Marching,
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it's his favorite song
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And Bob plays harmonica but
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he plays it all wrong
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F 
Dm 
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And Steve harmonizes like
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G 
he did with John Prine
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David just sits and looks
blue all the time
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Verse 7
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C 
Then the time comes round again
Dm 
They all sit and listen to
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our hero playing
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C 
He says "You've heard it all before"
Dm 
But they like it so they
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shout 'encore'
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C 
And then he sings,
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C 
it's a dream come true

Verse 8
F 
'This is the only thing
C 
that really matters
Dm 
Keeps me going,
Bb 
retains my sanity
F 
The nights I  spend alone
C 
when there's just
Dm 
Bb 
F 
Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman,
C 
Dm 
David Blue and me
Bb 
And me
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Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan,
C 
Bb 
C 
Steve Goodman, David Blue and me