A E On Monday Dealey Plaza fills A E C#m with people on the way A E to the court houses and meeting rooms C#m E D but me, I'm free today D E And I traced the path the motorcade A D took back in sixty-three: D E A D past the grassy knoll into the book depository. A D A D They put in a museum where they say the shots were fired. A D It's closed today but I don't mind; E I'm already getting tired. A E There's photographs and headlines A E C#m and diagrams of the street. A E They?re showing the Zapruder film; C#m E D it's always on repeat. D E Last night I dreamt I was the bullet A D from frame 313; D E A D the one that scattered his head around the limousine. A D A D I was right there for his final thoughts of John John and Jackie D E A and oh my God Big D. Interlude: A , A , A , E , D , x4 A E A E C#m Back then everybody worried further to the south. A E C#m E D Missiles screamed across Miami, trail and fall out. D E A D Teachers drilled their students hiding underneath their desks D E A D to fear the twitchy trigger finger of old Krushchev. A D A D But Cuba couldn't kill nobody, not like Dallas could. A D E When I was growing up there, I understood A E Remember when I?d pick you up A E C#m outside your mothers house? A E C#m E D The two of you were fighting, and we promised we'd get out D E A D Out far from the narrowness and the confines and the doubt. D E A D We'd leave behind all that we know and never turn around. A D A D Cut the strings and tear away from all that kept us down D E A and oh my god big D Interlude: A , A , A , E , D , x4 A , E , A , E , C#m , A , E , C#m , E , D , D , E , A , D , D , E , A , D , A , D , A , D , A , D , E , A E A E C#m Now I fly out of Laguardia, or out of JFK A E C#m E D and I land at DFW and I drive down LBJ D E A D and the houses and the shopping centers, don't make me afraid. D E A D Why they ever did, it's hard now to explain A D A D But you, you never really left, for you was it the same? D E A And oh my god Big D Interlude: A , A , A , E , D , x4 A E A E C#m November 22nd I was at the kitchen sink A E C#m E D Just like everyone remembers where they were in ?63. D E A D The shudder that shot through me with that unexpected call. D E A D I locked the bathroom door and hit my fist against the wall. A D A D I should of come to rescue you, I should have should have yes A D E What happened in the past ten years, I coulda guessed A E A E C#m Remember when I?d carry you, and lay you in your bed? A E C#m E D And promised to take care of you, but I just left instead. D E A D Last night I dreamt I was the pills you swallowed down. D E A D I tried to come back up, but you wouldn't let me out. A D A D And I couldn't help but wonder, did think of me? D E A and oh my god big D A , A , A , E , D , x4
