Intro / “Thing” in between verses:

     G    B7/F#   Em   C/G
E|---3-----2------0-----0---|
B|---0-----0------0-----1---|
G|---0-----2------0-----0---|
D|---0-----1------2-----2---|
A|---2-----2------2-----3---|
E|---3-----2------0-----3---|



Verse:

    G        C/G

E|--3--------0-----------|
B|--0/1------1-----------|
G|--0--------0-----------|
D|--0--------2-----------|
A|--2--------3-----------|
E|--3--------3-----------|



G                                             C/G
Caught my eye, in a flash of lightning in the rain
G                                             D       
Out in the darkness, with a banjo in your hands

G                                                  C/G      A
You came into the firelight, to the circle from the gloom
G                                             D       *thing*
I was standing child like, while you got yourself in tune


       D                      C/G                 G
And a bridge player, could be an all-time player too
       D                      C/G                 A
But a knuckleball catcher, only gets one job to do

   C/G     D                          the move from C/G to D is
He only gets on job to do             a slide of the whole form
                                      two frets up
“Thing” - Tu-do-do



G                                             C/G
You played your melody, it was too much for me
G                                             D       
It froze my flesh down, to minus nine degrees

G                                                  C/G      A
I was passing a grave yard, full of flowers on mother’s day
G                                             D       *thing*
That’s the last time I let a stranger rip my heart this way



“Thing” in between verses:

     G    B7/F#   Em   C/G
E|---3-----2------0-----0---|
B|---0-----0------0-----1---|
G|---0-----2------0-----0---|
D|---0-----1------2-----2---|
A|---2-----2------2-----3---|
E|---3-----2------0-----3---|



       D                      C/G                 G
Now a good mother, could be a dashboard drummer to
       D                      C/G                 A
And a bridge player, be an all time player when he’s through
C/G     D       
But a knuckleball catcher, only gets one job to do


                         *Notice, D is usually C/G, two frets up


Solo also played while Gillian plays the “Thing”:

E|---3----3----0----0---|
B|---0----0----0----1---|
G|---0----0----0----0---|
D|---0----0----2----2---|
A|---2----0----2----3---|
E|---3----2----0----3---|