Verso 1:
E5                                E5
Hey Jack Kerouac I think of your mother
        G#5                               A5
And the tears she cried She cried for none other
E5                                           E5
Than her little boy lost in our little world that hated
         G#5
And that dared to drag him down
                 A5
Her little boy courageous

 A5
Who chose his words from mouths of
B5
Babes got lost in the woods
A5
Hipflask slingin madmen
B5
Steamin cafe flirts
A5
They all spoke through you

Verso 2:
E5                           E5
Hey Jack now for the tricky part
        G#5                       A5
When you where the brightest star Who were the shadow
E5                                 E5
Of the San Francisco beat boys You were their favorite
       G#5
Now they sit and rattle their bones
            A5
And think of their bloodstone days

A5
You chose your words from mouths of
B5
Babes got lost in the woods
A5
The hipflask slining madmen
B5
steamin cafe flirts
A5
In Chinatown, howling at night

( B5   E5 ) (3x)

( A5 )

Verso 3:
E5                        E5
Allen baby, why so jaded
      G#5                            A5
Have the boys all grown up   And their music faded
E5                                 E5
Billy, what a saint they've made you
         G#5
Just like Mary down in Mexico
         A5
On all souls day

A5
You chose your words from mouths of
B5
Babes lost in the woods
A5
Cool junk booting madmen
B5
Steet minded girls
A5
In Harlem howling at night

( B5   E5 ) (3x)

( A5 )

Verso 4:
A5
What a tear stained
                E5
shock of the world
            D5
You've gone away without sayin
A5         F5
Saying    goodbye