Goethes Letter To Vic Chesnutt

F                            Am
Let me put it to you this way
             A#
you will get hit by a truck, you will fall from your bicycle
F               Am     A#
and no one will recall how you were except your friends and your enemies
C            A#
and all the stuff you could have written
C            A#
and all the notes that you kept hidden
C            A#            C         F
will mean us 'bout as much  as your corpse


[Verse ]
F                            Am
Let me put it to you this way
   A#
oh I've been writing songs for almost seven years now
F                             Am
and I haven't said a single thing
    A#
of lasting importance or even social significance
C                A#
and I know from reading all your letters
C            A#
and I made coffee double headers
C      A#          C           F
maybe you could do better than me


[Instrumental]
F Am A# A#
F Am A# A#
C A# C A# C A# C F


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[Verse ]
F                          Am
Let me put it to you this way
             A#
you will get hit by a truck, you will die inside an ambulance
F               Am
and no one will recall
A#
how you were except your friends and your enemies
C            A#
and all the words you could have written
C                A#
'bout times when you were sick or smitten
C             A#          C        F
will mean us 'bout as much as your corpse