Main Album version
Just to have mentioned it: the chords are simple enough, although a guitar player might prefer something like a capo on the third fret and the chords G, C/g, and D7 instead.
Eb/bb Bb
Well I'm sitting in church
Eb/bb Bb
In an old wooden chair
Eb/bb Bb
I knew nobody
Eb/bb Bb
Would look for me there
Eb7
Sorrow and pity
Rule the earth and the skies
Bb7
Looking for nothing
Eb/bb Bb
Anyone's eyes
F
Once I had pretty girls
Eb
Did me wrong
Bb
Now I'm marching to the city
And the road ain't long
Snowflakes are falling Around my head Lord have mercy It feel heavy like lead I been hit too hard Seen too much Nothing can heal me now But your touch
Once I had a pretty girl She done me wrong Now I'm marching to the city And the road ain't long
Loneliness Got a mind of its own The more people around The more you feel alone I'm chained to the earth Like a silent slave Trying to break free Out of death's dark cave
Once I had a pretty girl Done me wrong Now I'm marching to the city And the road ain't long
Boys in the street Beginning to play Girls like birds Flying away I'm carrying the roses That were given to me And I'm thinking about paradise Wondering what it might be
Once I had a pretty girl She done me wrong Now I'm marching to the city And the road ain't long
Go over to London Maybe gay Paree Follow the river You get to the sea I was hoping we could drink from Life's clear streams I was hoping we could dream Life's pleasant dreams
Once I had a pretty girl But she done me wrong Now I'm marching to the city And the road ain't long
Well the weak get weaker And the strong stay strong The train keeps rolling All night long She looked at me With an irresistable glance With a smile That could make all the planets dance
Once I had a pretty girl She did me wrong Now I'm marching to the city And the road ain't long
My house is on fire Burning to the skies I thought the rain clouds But the clouds passed by When I'm gone You'll remember my name I'm gonna win my way To wealth and fame
Once I had a pretty girl But she did me wrong Now I'm marching to the city And the road ain't long
Outtake version (Tell Tale Signs, vol. 3)
E
Loneliness
Got a mind of its own
The more people around
The more you feel alone
A7
I've been chained to the earth
Like a silent slave
E
Im trying to break free
Out of death's dark cave
B7
Once I had a pretty girl
She did me wrong
C#m
Now I'm marching to the city, boys
A E
And the road ain't long
I was hoping to my soul that we'd never part You took all the madness right out of my heart I was hoping we could drink from Life's clear streams I was hoping we could dream from life's pleasant dreams
My house is burnin' up to the skies I thought it would rain But the clouds passed by Sorrow and pity Through the earth and the skyes I'm not looking for nothing In anyone's eyes
Wind is blowin' All troubles and dirt Time to get away 'fore someone gets hurt I just don't know what I'm a-gonna do I was all right Till I fell in love with you.