John Allyn Smith Sails
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Intro:
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Chorus Riff:
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By the second
By the second
B
verse, dear friends, my
verse, dear friends, my
C♯m
head will burst and my
head will burst and my
A
life will end,
life will end,
so I’d
B
like to start this one off by saying
like to start this one off by saying
E
“live! and love!”
“live! and love!”
E
I was young and at
I was young and at
B
home in bed,
home in bed,
C♯m
hanging on the words some
hanging on the words some
A
poem said
poem said
in
B
’31; I was im
’31; I was im
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pressionable.
pressionable.
I was up
F♯m
settable.
settable.
I tried to
C♯m
make my breathing
make my breathing
A
stop or my heart beat
stop or my heart beat
B
slow,
slow,
so when my
C♯m
mom and John came
mom and John came
A
in I would be
in I would be
B
cold.
cold.
From a
E
bridge on Washington
bridge on Washington
B
Avenue, the
Avenue, the
C♯m
year of 19
year of 19
A
72
72
broke my
B
bones and skull, and it was
bones and skull, and it was
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memorable.
memorable.
It was
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half a second in; I was
half a second in; I was
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half-way down — do you
half-way down — do you
C♯m
think I wanted to
think I wanted to
A
turn back around
turn back around
and
B
teach a class Where you
teach a class Where you
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kiss the ass
kiss the ass
that I’ve ex
F♯m
posed to you?
posed to you?
And at the
C♯m
funeral, the
funeral, the
A
Universi
Universi
B
ty
ty
cried at three
C♯m
poems they’d pre
poems they’d pre
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sent in place of a
sent in place of a
B
broken me.
broken me.
I was
E
breaking in a
breaking in a
B
case of suds at the
case of suds at the
C♯m
Brass Rail, a
Brass Rail, a
A
fall-down drunk
fall-down drunk
with his
B
tongue torn out and his
tongue torn out and his
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balls removed.
balls removed.
And I
E
knew that my last
knew that my last
B
lines were gone, while,
lines were gone, while,
C♯m
stupidly, I
stupidly, I
A
lingered on.
lingered on.
Oh, but
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wise men know when it’s
wise men know when it’s
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time to go,
time to go,
And so
F♯m
I should too.
I should too.
And so I
C♯m
fly into the
fly into the
A
brightest winter
brightest winter
B
sun
sun
of this
C♯m
frozen town. I’m
frozen town. I’m
A
stripped down to move
stripped down to move
B
on,
on,
my friends: I’m
F♯m (2nd fret)
gone.
gone.
E (1st)
I hear my father fall,
I hear my father fall,
and
E
I hear my mother call,
I hear my mother call,
and
E
I hear the others all whispering, “Come
I hear the others all whispering, “Come
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home”.
home”.
I’m
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sorry to go.
sorry to go.
I loved you all
A
so,
so,
but
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this is the worst trip
this is the worst trip
B
I’ve ever been
I’ve ever been
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on.
on.
So
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hoist up the John B. sail. (Hoist up the John B. sail)
hoist up the John B. sail. (Hoist up the John B. sail)
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See how the main sail sets. (See how the main sail sets)
See how the main sail sets. (See how the main sail sets)
I’m
E
full in my heart and my head and I want to go
full in my heart and my head and I want to go
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home,
home,
with a book in my
E
hand, in the way I had
hand, in the way I had
A
planned.
planned.
Well,
E
this is the worst trip
this is the worst trip
B
I’ve ever been
I’ve ever been
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on.
on.
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Hoist up the John B. sail. (Hoist up the John B. sail)
Hoist up the John B. sail. (Hoist up the John B. sail)
E
See how the main sail sets. (See how the main sail sets)
See how the main sail sets. (See how the main sail sets)
I’m
E
full in my heart and my head and I wanna go
full in my heart and my head and I wanna go
B
home,
home,
with a book in each
E
hand, (With a book in each hand)
hand, (With a book in each hand)
in the way I had
A
planned. (In the way I had planned)
planned. (In the way I had planned)
I
E
feel so broke up,
feel so broke up,
B
I wanna go
I wanna go
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home.
home.
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