Drowning Man
words and music by Arlo Guthrie

Intro: G  Em

    C (x32010@1)           GI (320003@1)remember when I met you
     Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)           GUnderneath (320003@1)the evening sky
       Am (x02210@1)Am/B (012210@1)         CNow (x32010@1)it seems   I could forget you
       D (xx0232@1)              EmRescue (022000@1)me, I'm bound to die
        C (x32010@1)         GAll (320003@1)the promises we made there
        Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)        GWith (320003@1)no words  to understand
                Am (x02210@1)Am/B (012210@1)           CAnd (x32010@1)though I've tried   I've come up empty
         D (xx0232@1)             EmHeart (022000@1)of stone, drowning man

CHORUS:
          C (x32010@1)          GI'm (320003@1)going down for the third time
      Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)I need   a helping hand
            Am (x02210@1)Am/B (012210@1)       C (x32010@1)  
The rooster crows    and I'm sinking
         D (xx0232@1)             EmHeart (022000@1)of stone, drowning man


Where are you, my dear companion
How much longer must you be
I'm all alone out on the ocean
When will you come and rescue me

It's too late for new beginnings
In this world I've left behind
There is nothing left worth keeping
Not a thing to change my mind

CHORUS

How far down the road to glory
Must we go without a sign
Caught out on these stormy waters
How can you treat me so unkind

Did you know from the beginning
That I'd dig this lousy hole
Oh, don't leave me here abandoned
In this dark night of the soul

CHORUS