Fm (133111@1)                           Bbm (x13321@1)       FmWell, (133111@1)my name is Mathias and I came to say this:
Fm (133111@1)                            C (x32010@1)     C7 (x32310@1)I've got a big bushy beard and kissable lips
      Fm (133111@1)                   BbmAnd (x13321@1)I carry all my fat in my ass and my hips
        C (x32010@1)           C7 (x32310@1)        FmAnd (133111@1)the rest of me is skinny as a stick

Fm (133111@1)                           Bbm (x13321@1)          FmIn (133111@1)the sixties, my mom was thin and mini-skirted
Fm (133111@1)                              C (x32010@1)         C7She (x32310@1)was raised as a Catholic, but then she converted
            Fm (133111@1)                         BbmBecause (x13321@1)she loved my dad's religion; she loved him, too
    C (x32010@1)              C7 (x32310@1)   FmAnd (133111@1)that's how I was born a Jew

Fm (133111@1)                             Bbm (x13321@1) FmThey (133111@1)lived and went to school in Buffalo
Fm (133111@1)                        C (x32010@1)     C7But (x32310@1)my dad decided that they had to go
            Fm (133111@1)                     BbmBecause (x13321@1)the Vietnam War would not be good for his health
    C (x32010@1)              C7 (x32310@1)       Fm (133111@1)And that's how I was born in the Commonwealth

CHORUS
            Ab (xx1114@1)                     EbWhere (x43121@3)we're born and when we die, we can't control that
    Fm (133111@1)               C (x32010@1)        C7And (x32310@1)life in between is war and combat
          Bbm (x13321@1)                      FmThere (133111@1)are targets you can shoot for, mines to circumvent, 
     C (x32010@1)        C7 (x32310@1)   Fmbut, (133111@1)most of life is an accident.

Fm (133111@1)                             Bbm (x13321@1)       FmI've (133111@1)spent time in Peterborough, and in Winnipeg
                       C (x32010@1)             C7And (x32310@1)leaving is living: just use your legs
       Fm (133111@1)                      Bbm (x13321@1)              
'Cause everywhere is nice if you drink enough beer
   C (x32010@1)           C7 (x32310@1)      FmSo (133111@1)some days I'm there, and some days I'm here.

Fm (133111@1)                              Bbm (x13321@1)       FmAnd (133111@1)it's not about sowing my wild oats or whatever
  Fm (133111@1)                               C (x32010@1)             C7I (x32310@1)sowed my oats when I was young and I thought i was clever
       Fm (133111@1)                   Bbm (x13321@1)              
And my oats all rotted in the field where they lay
        C (x32010@1)          C7 (x32310@1)             FmAnd (133111@1)I'm oat-less and unemployed these days.

Fm (133111@1)                   Bbm (x13321@1)     FmSo (133111@1)I have a ukulele, I have a guitar
  Fm (133111@1)                        C (x32010@1)      C7But (x32310@1)I don't have a house or a kid or a car
            Fm (133111@1)                Bbm (x13321@1)              
I'd like to keep it that way as long as I can
    C (x32010@1)                C7 (x32310@1)          FmBut (133111@1)you know what they say about the best laid plans.

CHORUS
            Ab (xx1114@1)                     EbWhere (x43121@3)we're born and when we die, we can't control that
    Fm (133111@1)               C (x32010@1)        C7And (x32310@1)life in between is war and combat
          Bbm (x13321@1)                      FmThere (133111@1)are targets you can shoot for, mines to circumvent, 
     C (x32010@1)        C7 (x32310@1)   Fmbut, (133111@1)most of life is an accident.

Fm (133111@1)                         Bbm (x13321@1)          FmAnd (133111@1)an accident is something that you don't plan
  Fm (133111@1)                          C (x32010@1)         C7Like (x32310@1)the Y chromozome between a woman and a man
    Fm (133111@1)                     Bbm (x13321@1)              
One day I might get hit by a bus or get cancer
    C (x32010@1)             C7 (x32310@1)    Fm(or (133111@1)just stay on C7)
But right now all I am is a fabulous dancer

Fm (133111@1)                             Bbm (x13321@1)       FmSo (133111@1)dance with me, baby! Put your hands on my hips
  Fm (133111@1)                 C (x32010@1)       C7Kiss (x32310@1)my aforementioned kissable lips
    Fm (133111@1)         Bbm (x13321@1)              
Wherever we are, that's where we're at
   C (x32010@1)         C7 (x32310@1)      FmMy (133111@1)name is Mathias and I came to say that.