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CAPO 5!

CIce-age (x32010@1)heat wave, can't complain.
      FIf (133211@1)the world's at large, why should I remain?
AmWalked (x02210@1)away to another plan.
FGonna (133211@1)find another place, maybe one I can stand.
 C (x32010@1)                          FI (133211@1)move on to another day, to a whole new town with a whole new way.
AmWent (x02210@1)to the porch to have a thought.
FGot (133211@1)to the door and again, I couldn't stop.
   CYou (x32010@1)don't know where and you don't know when.
       FBut (133211@1)you still got your words and you got your friends.
AmWalk (x02210@1)along to another day.
FWork (133211@1)a little harder, work another way.

CWell (x32010@1)uh-uh baby I ain't got no plan.
     FWe'll (133211@1)float on maybe would you understand?
     AmGonna (x02210@1)float on maybe would you understand?
         FWell (133211@1)I'll float on maybe would you understand?

CThe (x32010@1)days get shorter and the nights get cold.
 FI (133211@1)like the autumn but this place is getting old.
 AmI (x02210@1)pack up my belongings and I head for the coast.
 FIt (133211@1)might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most.
   CThe (x32010@1)day's get longer and the nights smell green.
 FI (133211@1)guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.

CI (x32010@1)like songs about drifters - books about the same.
    FThey (133211@1)both seem to make me feel a little less insane.
AmWalked (x02210@1)on off to another spot.
 FI (133211@1)still haven't got anywhere that I want.
     CDid (x32010@1)I want love? Did I need to know?
    FWhy (133211@1)does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?

CThe (x32010@1)moths beat themselves to death against the lights.
FAdding (133211@1)their breeze to the summer nights.
AOutside, (x02220@1)water like air was great.
 FI (133211@1)didn't know what I had that day.
CWalk (x32010@1)a little farther to another plan.
   FYou (133211@1)said that you did, but you didn't understand.

Am, F, C, Am

CI (x32010@1)know that starting over is not what life's all about.
F (133211@1)   
But my thoughts were so loud, I couldn't hear my mouth.
  FMy (133211@1)thoughts were so loud, I couldn't hear my mouth.
  F (133211@1)                   CMy (x32010@1)thoughts were so loud.