INTRO:
D  Dsus4 D    D  Dsus4 D
D  Dsus4 D    D  Dsus4 D


VERSE:
         D            Em7           G             D
Well, I hope you have fun splashin' in the slack tide
 D      Em7       G            A
Unchaperoned over on the flip side
    G           D           Em         D
I write what I know about, made up or true
       D               G     G      A   D  Dsus4 D
These songs aren't for me, they're for you


VERSE:
 D            Em7      G              D
Memories like meteors fly through my head
     D              Em7          G           A
The sand was pearl white, her bikini bright red
 G         D                   Em              D
Retracing song lines gives me goose pimples, still
           D            G   G   A   D  Dsus4
Like the trail boards upon Boo Boo Hill


CHORUS:
D              D    D G                   D    D G
I know these stories   were all lived before me
                   D    D G                     Asus4  A  Asus4
Still, I've got a couple   that I'll keep to myself

 A           D   D G                      D  D G
I'm so damn lucky   to have an all-star cast
                   D    D G                          D   Dsus4  D
Some lovely, some crazy, whoever thought this would last?


 D   D   D  G         D             Em      G  D
You know if I hadn't lived it, I'd read it myself
 D            Em7           Asus4         A
Tellin' tall tales is still good for my health
      G           D              Em        D
Keep movin', and listenin', and amusin' myself
          D               G   G   A    D   Dsus4  D  Dsus4
I'm not ready to put the book on the shelf


VERSE:
D            Em7         G     D
We all live some days vicariously
  D        Em7           G          A
Blinded by all the light we cannot see
 G            D       Em            D
Handed down stories, cave walls to pens
       D         G   G   A D  A D
Worth tellin' again and again


VERSE:
   D            Em7       G          D
I call these modalities great power tubes
  D                      G           A
Placed in the hands of dreamers and fools
          G            D             Em            D
We're descended from court jesters, quite sure of that
           D      G      G    A   D
Could you kindly pass around the hat?


CHORUS:
    D              D    D G                   D     D G
And I know these stories   were sailed way before me
                  D     D G                  Asus4  A  Asus4
Toss a note in a bottle    and hope that it helps

 A           D   D G                     D   D G
I'm so damn lucky   to have an all-star crew
                   D  D G            G A      D   Dsus4  D
Some stoic, some crazy,  some just passin' through

D  D     G         D          Em    G   D
I guess music and lyrics are what I do best
 D               Em7        Asus4         A
I'm all done 'splaining or passin' some test
    G        D            Em           D
So pour me another, it's good for my health
         D                G   G   A    D
I'm not ready to put the book on the shelf


OUTRO:
             G           D          G            D
I'll keep scribblin' on pages, not jumpin' off stages
     D                G   G   A    D
Not ready to put the book on the shelf