[Hey, Johnny, I wanna say Hi! and sorry we can’t be there, but that’s just the way it is. I wanna sing you one of your songs about trains. I used to sing this song before I ever wrote a song, and I also want to thank you for standing up for me, way back when.]
D G D
I'd like to tell you a story
D G D
of a man that you might know.
D G D
His parents all called him Vincent,
D A D
his last name was Van Gogh.
He started drinking and painting
and living a life of sin.
He fell in with evil companions,
a man named Paul Gaugin.
They went to the city of Auvers,
pursuing their carnal delights.
They painted all during the afternoon
and they played music all night.
Now the people of that small city
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C
I'm troubled and I don't know why
F C
I'm troubled and I don't know why
G F G
the trouble on my mind is driving me blind
F G C
I'm troubled and I don't know why
Oh, what did the morning say?
Oh, what did the morning say?
Well, it rolled from the night with a dark dreary light
Sayin' another old weary day
What did the newspaper tell?
What did the newspaper tell?
Well, it rolled in the door and it layed on the floor
Sayin' things ain't goin' so well
Em G Am C D Am I got to know, Lord, when to pull back on the reins, Em G Am C B Am Death can be the result of the most underrated pain. Satan whispers to ya, "Well, I don't want to bore ya, But when ya get tired of that Miss So-and-so I got another woman for ya Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind, Lord, take away this trouble in mind. When the deeds that you do don't add up to zero, It's what's inside that counts, ask any war hero. You think you can hide but you're never alone,
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Am Em
Come 'round you old-time cowboys and listen to my song
Am Em
Please do not grow weary, I'll not detain you long
Am Em
B
F# E
A tear go down
F# E
my day is real
F# G#m
but your dying eye
F# E
upon the same
F# E/g#
and need just road
F# E
for me from you
F# G#m
what paradise
F# E
what can I do?
B
That die for my
F#
and the day is dark
G#m
I can['t] believe
F# E
[for the end of time]
B
What I could find
F#
Oh time is rye-ou-lou
G#m
'f I fell in love
F# E
To fall in love
F# G#m
To fall in love
F# B
with you
A
The times we've known are slipping by
F#m
Iike vapour trails across the sky
E
The best of times, the worst of times
A (Asus4 A)
Have come and gone
The years of debt, the years of doubt
the years of 'what's it all about?'
Of holding fast, and holding out
And holding on
D C#7
When life was hard and chances few
F#m
Still I was rich in having you
B7
Though people said we wouldn't go far
E
We went ahead and here we are
A /c#
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Em A worried man with a worried mind Am No one in front of me and nothing behind Em B7 There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne Em
A A I'm trippin over dumb drunks at a party F G A My girlfriend just ran off with the DJ A I'd give her everything I had, but she refused it F G A It don't matter now, she don't know how to use it C My confidence is dwindling D Look at the shape I'm in C Where's my pearls, where's the swine?
D [n.c.]
I'm not thirsty, but I'm standing in line.
A
I'll have the usual
Yeah, I'll have the usual
