Verse: D/F# D/G D/A G A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F# E|---------------------------|-------------------------------| B|---------------------------|-------------------------------| G|------------------------4--|-------------------------------| D|----0------0------0-----5--|----7-----5-----0-----0-----0--| x2 A|--9-----10-----12----------|----7-----5---9-----7-----9----| E|----------------------3----|--9-----7----------------------| Chorus: G A D/F# G5 A5 Bm9 Bm7 G A D/F# D/E D/F# E|-------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------| B|-------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------| G|-------------|-------------|----------6-----7--|--4----6---------------------| D|----0-----0--|----4-----5--|----7-----7-----7--|--5----7------0-----0-----0--| A|----2----/4--|----5-----5--|----7--------------|--x----x----9-----7-----9----| E|--3----/5----|--2-----3----|--5-----7-----7----|--3----5---------------------| [Verse 1] D/F# D/G D/A G You'll recall from the sagas I hope Grettir's last stand at Drangey A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F# How his grip on the sword made his enemies cut off his hand D/F# D/G D/A G If he'd fled here instead and had tasted this terrible coffee A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F# Or read these letters you sent, he'd surrender and lay the blade down [Chorus 1] G A And it's Halloween D/F# G5 Skinny ghosts dress like cowboys and rest A5 Bm9 At the railing by my door G A D/F# D/E D/F# On their way from the children's ward [Verse 2] D/F# D/G D/A G Bev Monroe and his Pembina Valley boys play at the party A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F# And I practice my English on nurses, "Oh, that's a nice name" D/F# D/G D/A G And they may ask for mine, but the burns on my back from the x-rays A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F# Say I shouldn't show anyone anything ever again [Chorus 2] G A In another year D/F# G5 I'll be buried or shivering here A5 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7 Coughing at that grey spittoon G A D/F# D/E D/F# Painted orange by the harvest moon [Interlude] D/F# D/G D/A G A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F# [Chorus 3] G A Pack up mother's clothes D/F# G5 Drive her down to the new Betel Home A5 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7 Sell the boat to Arnison D/E G A Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7 And then go, stand up straight in the place you're longing for G A D/F# D/E D/F# And don't write to me anymore