Intro: G C9 G C9 G C9 G C9 Michael, where are you now? x2 D C9 Somehow in my excitement the last time you called, D C9 It slipped again to ask your hidden whereabouts D I got a lead from your old triple ex-girlfriend, C9 D she said "I heard he lost his mind again" C9 Bm7 C9 "Again?" I said, I didn't know that you ever did G C9 G C9 Michael, where are you now? x2 Sleeping through the morning in flannel impaired Getting high in southern air Shoeless, sandy evenings down the unfamiliar Last whiff of salt-water freedom Skipping shells in the dead zone G C9 D* C9 D*F# With the ghost on your side G C9 D* C9 D*F# Of the state borderline, whispering G C9 D* C9 D*F# "Take it, take it, take it, take it G C9 D* (just bass C F# G?) Take it ... (guitar rhythm is more flowing here) (tacit) G C9 Do you remember our first subway ride? G C9 Our first heavy metal haircuts? G C9 Our last swim on the east coast? G C9 And me with my ridiculous looking pierced nose? D C9 I remember your warm smile in the sun D C9 The daydreaming boy without a shirt on D C9 The Birmingham barfly father left the mother D C9 ... of three sons. You're the oldest juvenile delinquent bum (tacit 8 beats) G C9 (repeat 8 times total) My best friend