Intro: Em G (x4)
verse 1
Em D
Hey, did you hear me, mom?
C Em G Em G
Baby's headed home
D Em G Em G
Against your wishes, I went into the woods alone
Instrumental
Em G x2
verse 2
Am
Just look at my face
C
A vegetable, beet red
Em Am
I know you gave me money for the motel
C
But I came here instead
I came here instead
Instrumental
Em G x4
verse 3
D
What I wanted when I left you
Em G Em G
Brushed by, so close
D
With the money, I got pretty gone
Em G Em G
And bloodied some poor actor's nose
Instrumental
Em G x2
Pre-Chorus
Am
One night in the park, the pellet gun
C
Took out an eye, I came undone
G C
One college kid came to see me
Em
He passed me that nylon string
D
Asked me to play him something
G C
So I tried my hand at "Blues Run the Game"
Em
I barely made it through it
D
Then he had to go back to his parent's house upstate
Upstate
Instrumental
Em G x4
verse 4
D
Woke from the dream and I was old
G Em G Em G
Staring at the ass crack of dawn
D
Walked these streets up and down
Em G Em G
Looking for Paul Simon
Instrumental
Em G x2
Pre-Chorus
Am
All I found was myself, lost in time
C
I tried singing my songs
But I lost my mind
G C
What have they done with my jealous one?
Em D
Who is gonna talk trash long after I'm gone?
G C
When I was young
Em
They used to find me pitching horseshoe crabs
D
Back into the sun
Bridge
G
What have they done
C
What have they done
Em
With my jealous one?
D
With my jealous one?
G C
When I was young
Em
They used to find me pitching horseshoe crabs
D
Back into the sun
Outro
Em G Em