Humble Passenger

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I set out before the sun came up
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Brought my light and my canoe
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Convinced that’s all I needed
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Lord knows that wasn’t true…

     E               F#m.          
So I kept my lantern low, until my 
Abm
house was out of view,
           E.               Dbm.  
And by and by I reached the ocean,
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 as the day made its debut,
           E.                 F#m.
And in the misty summer morning, I
       Abm.         F#m
 found myself under attack
           E             Dbm.     
And in the panic of that water, I 
           Abm.           B
knew there was no turning back.
     E                   F#m. 
So I made my peace and I set my 
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course for an island to the west,
    F#m.             Am.          
For on that shore of sycamore, 
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I’ll find myself some rest

       E               F#m.       
Once I hid my boat and covered my 
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oars, I fell down into that shade,
      F#m.              Am.       
And I dreamt that at my ripe old 
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age I was back in the second grade.

       Cm.                         
And my momma she was calling for me
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 and the bus came down my street
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But I did not know what shoes to 
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wear, and I could not find my feet

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     Ab                            
So I floated down the hall, through
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 the door, and everything went pale
  Db.                 Cm          
I climbed aboard that yellow bus 
     Eb            Ebm
as it turned into a whale
            Ab                     
And then it swallowed me up whole, 
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yeah it thrashed me all around,
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Well it chewed me up, and it spit 
        Eb.             Ebm
me out, miles above the ground

          Cm.                      
And I was falling for the water 
      Bbm
that was boiling in a cup
      Bb.                        
And I tried to scream, but had no 
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steam, and that’s when I woke up.

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     E.              C.           
When I came to I was so confused, 
    E.         C
how long was I asleep?
    E.           C.               
The loneliness I felt right then 
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was enough to make me weep,
       E.              C.      
Then I heard the voice inside my 
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head, lit a fire under me,
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It said, "Your fear is gonna cost a
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 lot, but your courage comes for 
free".

     E.                  F#m.     
So I thanked that little island, I
         Abm.          F#m
 paddled off without a care
      E.                 Dbm.     
For I know not where I’m going, 
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but I’ll know it when I’m there,
      E.                 F#m.     
And I hope that no-one’s a-missin’
    Abm.            F#m
 me back in my home town
    E.               Dbm.         
For together we will always be, 
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even though I’m not around.
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And the sea swirled by like a 
 F#m.           Abm.
ballet, and it sang its gentle song,
      F#m.           Am.          
But a distant rumble warned me it 
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wouldn’t be that way for long,

   E.                F#m.         
So I spoke out and I told the 
         Abm.
night, "This life’s not only mine,
     F#m.             Am.         
I am just your humble passenger, 
     B.               B7
and I trust your grand design".

       Dbm.                        
By and by the clouds came lumbering
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 through and the raindrops staggered
 in,
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And the waves lined up, two by two,
 B       Bbm
 for the show would soon begin
F#      Fm.                 
And the lightning bolts ripped 
                   C#   C
through the sky like sharks that 
missed a meal,
Ab      Gm.                      
And the wind went up so hard and 
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cold just like a wall of steel
A#   Am.                     
Then all at once, the sea below 
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picked me up a mile high
      B                            
As it threw me to the ocean’s floor
                     B7
 I heard the night’s reply:

          E.             F#m
"Well you see, my humble passenger
    Abm           F#m
The sorrow that I feel?
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For I do not know where you belong
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And I do not want this wheel"

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