G5 G5 G5 G5 See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans, C5 C5 G5 G5 Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile-- C5 C5 G5 E5 Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams, A5 A5 D5 (...sus4) D5 Which he spent like they was goin' outa style-- G5 G5 G5 G5 And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse, C5 D5 G5 G5 Searchin' for a shrine he's never found-- C5 C5 G5 G5 Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse, C5 D5 G5 G5 Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down-- C5 C5 He's a poet, he's a picker-- G5 G5 He's a prophet, he's a pusher-- D5 D5 D5 G5 He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned-- C5 C5 G5 G5 He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction, D5 D5 D5 G5 G5 Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home. {modulate whole-step up:} A5 (...sus4) A5 (...sus4) VERSE 2: {add sus4 to 2nd half of A5 measures at will} A5 A5 A5 A5 He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars, D5 D5 A5 A5 And he's traded in tomorrow for today-- D5 D5 A5 F#5 Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars, B5 B5 E5 E5 And losin' all he's loved along the way-- A5 A5 A5 A5 But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse, D5 E5 A5 A5 And all he ever gets is older and around-- D5 D5 A5 A5 From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse, D5 (or B5 ) E5 A5 A5 The goin' up was worth the comin' down-- Chorus D5 D5 He's a poet, he's a picker-- A5 A5 He's a prophet, he's a pusher-- E5 E5 E5 A5 He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned-- D5 D5 A5 A5 He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction, E5 E5 E5 A5 A5 / G#5 F#5 Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home. E5 E5 E5 { A5 :coda riff} There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home
