D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus2
G - G - Gmaj7 - G6
Em - Em/G - Emadd9 - Em
A - A7/G - A6/E - A
D Dsus4 D Dsus2
It was my first night in that roomin' house
G Gmaj7 G6
In the last room down the hall
Em Em/G Emadd9 Em
I heard a hoarse voice and an old guitar
A A7/G A6/E A
Comin' through the paper thin wall
D Dsus4 D Dsus2
A crazy nonsense nursery rhyme
G Gmaj7 G6
That did not mean a thing
Em Em/G Emadd9 Em
But for the first of what was to be a thousand times
A A7/G A6/E A
This is what I heard him sing
D
Hold that D chord on the old guitar
G
'Till I found the G
Em
Drop it down to old E-minor
A D
'Till the A chord rolls back home around to D
D
I had to lay there listening
F#m
It seemed he was in my room
Em
This stranger with his melody
A
Singin' there in the gloom
Bb
And he repeated it over and over again
F
Such a soft and sinkin' sound
Am
It was kinda like a music box
Em G
That was slowly windin' down
F
You see he sang it, he hummed it
Em
He whistled it, and he strummed it
G G/F# Em
He laughed it and he cried it
A
He did everything but hide it... and he sang
D
Hold that D chord on the old guitar
G
'Till I found the G
Em
Drop it down to old E-minor
A G G/F# - A
'Till the A chord rolls back home around for me
D Dsus4 D Dsus2
So I laid there in that lumpy bed
G Gmaj7 - G6
Countin' choruses instead of sheep
Em Em/G Emadd9 Em
'Till I banged on the wall and out I called
A
"Hey Bub, I need some sleep"
D
A sudden void of silence
G
Then I heard that hoarse voice say
Em
It weren't so long ago boy
A G A
They paid me to play
D
I said it's kinda late for music sir
F#m
Two hours 'till it's day light
Em
He answered I need my music most
A
In these dark hours of the night
Bb
You see I've tried gettin' high on something son
F
But it only brings me down
Am
Stayin' dry don't work out better boy
Em G
'Cause my eyes get wet and I drown
F
Won't you please let me continue
Em
And I'll be in your debt
G G/F# Em
See I'm not singing to remember son
A
I'm just singing to forget
And he sang
D
Hold that D chord on the old guitar
G
'Till I found the G
Em
Drop it down to old E-minor
A G G/F# - A
'Till the A chord rolls back home around for me
C G/B
That's when I said if I'm supposed to listen to you sir
Am7 G
Just one quick question then
F F/E
Why in the hell do you sing one song
A
Over and over again?
And this is what he said...
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus2 (2x's)
D Dsus4 D Dsus2
He said, I gave her the music son
G Gmaj7 G6
She gave me the words
Em Em/G Emadd9 Em
Together we'd write the kind of songs
A A7/G A6/E A
That angels musta heard
D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Of course we'd fight like cats and dogs
G Gmaj7 G6
But life ain't no rosebud dream
Em Em/G Emadd9 Em
But still whatever we'd do everybody knew
A A7/G A6/E A
We truly were a team
D
I can't remember now if I'd done her wrong
F#m
Or if she done wrong to me
Em
But all I know's that when I let her go
A
That it did not set me free
Bb
That's when I said you sound like what's his name
F
He said that's who I am
Am
But you can't wrap a name around you boy
Em G
'Cause it really don't mean a damn
F
You see a song don't have much meaning
Em
When it don't have nothing to say
G G/F# Em
What she could do was magic son
A A - A7/G - A6/E - A
All I could do was play
D
He started singing again, that's when I drifted off
F#m
Maybe I dreamed what I heard
Em
About this stranger with his melody
A
Who'd gone and lost the words
D
Hold that D chord on the old guitar
G
'Till I found the G
Em
Drop it down to old E-minor
A D
'Till the A chord rolls back home around to D
