Originally posted by Rondo Fondu on CountryTabs.com
Standard Tuning
Intro/Outro
E--2-2-0-2-3-2-0-----|
B--3-----3---3-------|
G--2-2---2---2-2-----|
D--------------------|
A--------------------|
E--------------------|
E--2-2-0--0-----------|
B--3-3-3-3-3-2--------|
G--2-2-2------2-------|
D---------------------|
A---------------------|
E---------------------|
E--3-------2-3-0-2---3-------------|
B--0---2---3---------0---2---3-----|
G--0---2---2---------0---2---2-----|
D--0---2-------------0-------0-----|
A--2-----------------2-------------|
E--3-----------------3-------------|
Chords
Dsus4 (xxx233)
D(add9) (xxx23o)
D5 (xxx23x)
D D(add9) Dsus4 D D(add9)
Jason Mason hears the sound
D D(add9)D5 D(add9) A(no E)
The whistle blows in Congotown
G A D
and the mail boat's in
G A D
Mail boat's in
D D(add9) Dsus4 D D(add9)
Brings him things from oh so far
D D(add9)D5 D(add9) A(no E)
Old magazines and Snickers bars
G A
A simple man
G A
A simple land
G A G A
The world's to big to understand
D G D G D
Be good and you will be lonesome
D G A
Be lonesome and you will be free
D G D
Live a lie and you'll live to regret it
D G D A
That's what living is to me
A G A D
That's what living is to me
On a timeless beach in Hispanola
Young girl sips a diet cola
She?s worlds apart
Worlds apart
The sprit of the black king still
Reverberates through Haitian hills
He rules the sea and all the fish
What if he had a T.V. dish
Chorus
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be lonesome and you will be free
Live a lie and you'll live to regret it
That's what living is to me
That's what living is to me
Em Bm
In the far off regions the foreign legions
G A
Keep the thieves and the predators at bay
Em Bm
While closer to home, some bad boys still roam
G A
The streets aren't safe, so give it one more day
A G G Em G A
One more day
The stories from my favorite books
Still take on many different looks
And now I'm gone
Home again
The time has come the Walrus said
And little oysters hide their heads
My Twain of thought is loosely bound
I guess it's time to Mark this down
Chorus
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be lonesome and you will be free
Live a lie and you'll live to regret it
That's what living is to me
That's what living is to me
That's what living is to me
That's what living is to me
Outro