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 /Gb/E D Well I guess that I'd die with my friends at my side C G /Gb/E D Puzzled young faces just slipped a -way slowly C G C G I thought of the times I was drunk on the railway /Gb Em A7 D La - mented the time I was smashed in the square Verse 2 ======= G /Gb G /Gb/E D So around I did wander for to find my way home C G /Gb /E D On feet made of nothing it's har-der to roam C G I trooped up the coastline C G A walk on the moor Em Saw no big wide river A7 D No glorious faraway shore Refrain 1 ========= G /Gb G /B And every now and a-gain C G /Gb/E D I go into town just to see my old friends C G It's such an odd feeling C G Their eyes burn like embers C G Their minds are these forests C G Where thoughts fall as timber Em A7 Be-fore I'm dragged a-way C D G Every now and a-gain Inst ==== G/G//D CG//DG Verse 3 ======= G /Gb G /Gb/E D Now I have no form I could climb in her spine C G /Gb /E D Her blood is like wine to a ghost drunk on sadness C G And time moves on slowly C G In time I'll for-give her Em Be-cause when she holds hands with him A7 D I know she's thinking of me Refrain 2 ========= G /Gb G /B And every now and a-gain C G /Gb /E D I like to i-magine and I like to pre-tend C G C G It's a glorious feeling I'll be re-membered C G C G For all my good deeds these eighteen De-cembers Em A7 Be-fore I'm dragged a-way C D G Every now and a-gain Change ====== C B Em Out-side of the book there is no resurrection Am D G The valley be-low threatens me with a home C B Em Heaven a-bove has no map or direction C G C When-ever you can cast a glance G D To the shadows for me Refrain 3 | end =============== G /Gb G /B Yes I'll try without end C G /Gb /E D To seek others like me whom I might be -friend C G C G It drives like a madness there's no way to reach them C G You catch just a glimpse C G But you never can touch them Em A7 Be-fore you?re dragged a-way C D Every now C D Every now C D G Every now and a-gain ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England August 2012 watfordkev@gmail.com