CEAFCFEDC
Verse
CE
Over the tracks,
AmF
with a sack full of matches,
CFEDC
I'm gonna burn all the letters I've wrote.
CE
Don't worry, darling,
AmF
I ain't brave enough to catch it
CFEDC
this fire that's licking my hopes.
Chorus
FC
Besides, if I went up
FC
like a soaked rolling paper,
FC
I'd still be fast-burning-out.
FCFAm
And what's the use of a good, strong noose
CFEDC
when your problem's too much hanging around?
Verse
CE
So I walked back crashing,
AmF
my pockets full of ash in
CFEDC
the latesummer moon's holy glow.
CEAmF
that loved me to death on the banks of every river,
CFEDC
where every breath in brought me home.
Chorus
FC
'Cause if home's where hearts is
FC
beating like a bird's wing,
FC
then I've many homes and I should:
FC
said a man who wasn't homeless,
CAm
"I'm always just traveling
CFEDC
taking walks around my neighborhood."
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Verse
CE
Wisdom: it comes
AmF
but age don't unlock it.
CFEDC
You've got to spend all the passion you've found.
CE
With more change in their heads
AmF
than in all of their pockets,
Outro
CFAmD
some can show you the way to slow down. (oooh...)
CFEDC
Sometimes we all need to slow down.