E A E [Verse 1] A Cats hissing in the dark C#m Turned-over garbage cans around the park D G The dangling, brittle scab on your knee F#m B7 Oh, you’re pretty cocksure, son F#m B7 You’re like a Villonian singing nun F#m B7 E Pray you wash your hair out in a sink [Verse 2] A Armed with a mandolin C#m A snotted rag and a Delphic hymn D G Shaking off the dew before it sticks F#m B7 Oh, give us a melody F#m B7 Before they send us back to the sea F#m B7 E Replace these wooden legs for ones that kick A E [Chorus] A E Oh, Jonesy A D E Oh, Jonesy Boy A E Oh, Jonesy A D E Oh, Jonesy Boy A E [Verse 3] A I can’t remember before C#m There ever was war D G My boyhood home is now a jail F#m B7 They paved over the ol’ creek F#m B7 To make a road for lumbering teak F#m B7 E And shipped off my family by rail [Verse 4] A Oh, I hope you stay a boy C#m At least to bring some old men joy D G Even just to watch you tune your strings F#m B7 They’re blowing the show or now F#m B7 Off to stick another sow F#m B7 E The soil is hungry again for offerings A E [Chorus] A E Oh, Jonesy A D E Oh, Jonesy Boy A E Oh, Jonesy A D E Oh, Jonesy Boy A E [Solo] A C#m D G F#m B7 F#m B7 F#m B7 E A E [Chorus] A E Oh, Jonesy A D E Oh, Jonesy Boy A E Oh, Jonesy A D E Oh, Jonesy Boy A E Oh, Jonesy A D E Oh, Jonesy BOY! A E Oh, Jonesy A D E Oh, Jonesy BOYYYY!