C            F                C
Shore to shore got some land between
  C                    F                        C 
Island life is living through a cup of broken queens
               Dm                                   F         
hit the jackpot rolling through a pipe dream in a knot
  A                              F                    C  
and I'm missing what was pissing up the wall that I forgot
     G 
I forgot
      F 
I forgot


Am - G - C - F - Am - G - C

C            F                C
I am the masked rider, give me some grace
C            F                C
You've never seen me and you don't know my face
               Dm                                   F         
She was no [Incomprehensible] it was cold, it was blue
 A            F                   C  
And it only happened despite me or you
G          F   
Me or you, me or you


C            F                C
Smoking paper to the crimson flashing bars
C            F                C
Drinking cocktail wine or cottage cream and passing strangers' cars
               Dm                                F         
Live in one room housing with a roof to meet the sky
  A                              F                    C  
Spelling Jesus won't you please us 'cos you seem a damn nice guy
G              F 
Damn nice guy, damn nice guy



C            F                C
We listened to passengers stamping old songs
C            F                C
And we lose what's to lose when you haven't done wrong
 Dm                           F         
Drums too slow for a funeral beat
  A                              F                    C  
No strumming of strings and no stamping of feet
G             F 
Of feet, of feet


C            F                C
It's awfully considerate of you to think of me
C            F                C
And it's not so hard to see you smoking fags and drinking tea
 Dm                                         F  
It's the crummy lost at seasick with a floating on the waves
  A                              F                    C  
To join the other flotsam with the ripped up queens and knaves
G                      F 
Queens and knaves, queens and knaves



C            F                C
There lies a lady, she's gone and she's gone
C            F                C
She'll be a fine lady before too long
 Dm                           F  
But I hit her head and she finished her walking
  A                     F                    C  
She shouldn't be dead, she was too busy talking
G             F 
Busy talking, busy talking


C            F                C
They can fill a cup or two and still disturb the peace
C            F                C
It's never made it all the way from shore to shore, from west to east
 Dm                           F  
I read that independence was a lightness in your step
  A                              F                    C  
You walked away, I felt so heavy at the start of every day
G             F 
Every day, every day


C            F                C
I've been waiting an hour and the bus hasn't come
C            F                C
I've been cursing my God for the lack of the sun
 Dm                           F  
I've been ruined by destiny, lowered by fate
  A                    F                    C  
And the upshot of this is I'm going to be late
G             F 
To be late, to be late