Key: E major
Intro 1
Em
D
G
Em
E
Em
Esus4
A
D
Verse 1
Em
A
D
Ollie told me I'm a fool
G
Am
So I walked on down the road a mile
G
C
Went to the house that brings a smile
E
Am
Sat upon my grandpa's knee
D
C
A
And what do you think he said to me?
Verse 2
Bb
When you awake you will
Gm
Eb
remember everything
Cm
F
You will be hangin' on
Bb
a string from your
When you believe
Gm
Eb
You will relieve the only soul
Cm
that you were born with
Bb
F
To grow old and never know
Bb
A
Verse 3
D
Em
A
D
Ollie showed me the fork in the road
G
You can take to the left or
Am
G
go straight to the right
C
Use your days and save your nights,
Em
E
Be careful where you step,
Am
and watch wha- cha eat
D
C
A
Sleep with the light on and you got it beat
Verse 4
Bb
When you awake you will
Gm
Eb
remember everything
Cm
You will be hangin' on
F
Bb
a string from your
When you believe
Gm
Eb
You will relieve the only soul
Cm
that you were born with
F
To grow old and never know
Bb
A
Verse 5
D
Em
A
D
Ollie warned me it's a mean old world
G
Am
The street don't greet ya, yes, it's true
G
C
E
But what am I supposed to do
Am
Read the writing on the wall
D
C
A
I heard it when I was very small
Verse 6
Bb
F
When you awake you will
Gm
Eb
remember everything
Cm
You will be hangin' on
Bb
F
Bb
a string from your
When you believe
Gm
Eb
You will relieve the only soul
Cm
that you were born with
F
To grow old and never know
Bb
A
Verse 7
D
Wash my hand in lye water
Em
I got a date with the
A
D
captain's daughter
You can go and tell your brother
Em
We sure gonna love one another
A
D
Em
A
D
Oh
You may be right and
F#m
ya might be wrong
Em
I ain't gonna worry all day long
A
Snow's
Verse 8
D
gonna come and
the frost gonna bite
Em
My old car froze up last night
D
F#m
Ain't no reason to hang my head
Em
I could wake up in the
D
mornin' dead
Em
A
Oh, oh, oh, oh
D
And if I thought it would
F#m
D
do any good
Em
I'd stand on the rock where Moses stood
Outro 1
Em
D
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