From John's second album 'Map Or Direction'. www.johnsmithjohnsmith.com Standard tuning - capo 5th fret John plays drop D or DADGAD on this, but I'm using standard tuning here Verse 1 ======= G (320003@1) /F# /E DWell (xx0232@1)I guess that I'd die with my friends at my side C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) /F# /E DPuzzled (xx0232@1)young faces just slipped a -way slowly C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)I thought of the times I was drunk on the railway /F# Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1)La - mented the time I was smashed in the square Verse 2 ======= G (320003@1) /F# G (320003@1) /F# /E DSo (xx0232@1)around I did wander for to find my way home C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) /F# /E DOn (xx0232@1)feet made of nothing it's har-der to roam C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)trooped up the coastline C (x32010@1) GA (320003@1)walk on the moor EmSaw (022000@1)no big wide river A7 (x02020@1) DNo (xx0232@1)glorious faraway shore Refrain 1 ========= G (320003@1) /F# G (320003@1) /A /B And every now and a-gain C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) /F# /E DI (xx0232@1)go into town just to see my old friends C (x32010@1) GIt's (320003@1)such an odd feeling C (x32010@1) GTheir (320003@1)eyes burn like embers C (x32010@1) GTheir (320003@1)minds are these forests C (x32010@1) GWhere (320003@1)thoughts fall as timber Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)Be-fore I'm dragged a-way C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GEvery (320003@1)now and a-gain Inst ==== G (320003@1) /F# G (320003@1) /F# /E DC G (320003@1) /F# /E D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Verse 3 ======= G (320003@1) /F# G (320003@1) /F# /E DNow (xx0232@1)I have no form I could climb in her spine C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) /F# /E DHer (xx0232@1)blood is like wine to a ghost drunk on sadness C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)time moves on slowly C (x32010@1) GIn (320003@1)time I'll for-give her EmBe-cause (022000@1)when she holds hands with him A7 (x02020@1) DI (xx0232@1)know she's thinking of me Refrain 2 ========= G (320003@1) /F# G (320003@1) /A /B And every now and a-gain C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) /F# /E DI (xx0232@1)like to i-magine and I like to pre-tend C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GIt's (320003@1)a glorious feeling I'll be re-membered C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GFor (320003@1)all my good deeds these eighteen De-cembers Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)Be-fore I'm dragged a-way C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GEvery (320003@1)now and a-gain Change ====== C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) EmOut-side (022000@1)of the book there is no resurrection Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GThe (320003@1)valley be-low threatens me with a home C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) EmHeaven (022000@1)a-bove has no map or direction C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWhen-ever (x32010@1)you can cast a glance G (320003@1) DTo (xx0232@1)the shadows for me Refrain 3 | end =============== G (320003@1) /F# G (320003@1) /A /B Yes I'll try without end C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) /F# /E DTo (xx0232@1)seek others like me whom I might be -friend C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GIt (320003@1)drives like a madness there's no way to reach them C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)catch just a glimpse C (x32010@1) GBut (320003@1)you never can touch them Em (022000@1) A7 (x02020@1)Be-fore you're dragged a-way C (x32010@1) DEvery (xx0232@1)now C (x32010@1) DEvery (xx0232@1)now C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GEvery (320003@1)now and a-gain ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England August 2012 watfordkev@gmail.com