Verso 1:
E                                E4
Hey Jack Kerouac I think of your mother
        G#m7                               A9
And the tears she cried She cried for none other
E                                           E4
Than her little boy lost in our little world that hated
         G#m7
And that dared to drag him down
                 A9
Her little boy courageous

 A
Who chose his words from mouths of
B
Babes got lost in the woods
A
Hipflask slingin madmen
B
Steamin cafe flirts
A
They all spoke through you

Verso 2:
E                           E4
Hey Jack now for the tricky part
        G#m7                       A9
When you where the brightest star Who were the shadow
E                                 E4
Of the San Francisco beat boys You were their favorite
       G#m7
Now they sit and rattle their bones
            A9
And think of their bloodstone days

A
You chose your words from mouths of
B
Babes got lost in the woods
A
The hipflask slining madmen
B
steamin cafe flirts
A
In Chinatown, howling at night

( B   E ) (3x)

( A9 )

Verso 3:
E                        E4
Allen baby, why so jaded
      G#m7                            A9
Have the boys all grown up   And their music faded
E                                 E4
Billy, what a saint they've made you
         G#m7
Just like Mary down in Mexico
         A9
On all souls day

A
You chose your words from mouths of
B
Babes lost in the woods
A
Cool junk booting madmen
B
Steet minded girls
A
In Harlem howling at night

( B   E ) (3x)

( A9 )

Verso 4:
A9
What a tear stained
                E
shock of the world
            D6
You've gone away without sayin
A9         F
Saying    goodbye