John Allyn Smith Sails

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Ending of each verse:
Em

Bridge:
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Ending of 3rd bridge:
Em  F# G A

Pre-chorus and chorus:
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D G D A
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D   A D


Intro:
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Verse 1:
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By the second verse, dear friends
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My head will burst, my life will end
        A
So, I'd like to start this one off 
by saying
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"Live and love"

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I was young and at home in bed
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And I was hanging on the words some 
poem said
   A
In '31
      D
I was impressionable

      Em
I was upsettable


Bridge:
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I tried to make my breathing stop,
                A
 my heart beat slow
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So, when my mom and John came in, 
             A
I would be cold


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Verse 2:
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From a bridge on Washington Avenue,
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The year of 1972
        A
Broke my bones and skull,
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and it was memorable
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It was half a second in; I was 
 A
halfway down-
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Do you think I wanted to turn back 
around
    A
and teach a class
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Where you kiss the ass
            Em
that I've exposed to you?


Bridge:
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And at the funeral, the University
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Cried at three poems they'd 
               A
present in place of a broken me


Verse 3:
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I was breaking in a case of suds
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At the Brass Rail, a fall-down drunk
         A
with his tongue torn out
        D
and his balls removed
      D                 A
And I knew that my last lines were 
gone,
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while stupidly I lingered on,
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Oh, but wise men know
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when it's time to go
       Em
And so I should, too


Bridge:
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And so I fly into the brightest 
         A
winter sun
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Of this frozen town. I'm stripped 
             A
down to move on,
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my friends: I'm gone


Pre-chorus and Chorus:
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Well, I hear my father fall
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And I hear my mother call
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And I hear the others all whisper
       A
 "Come home"
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I'm sorry to go
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I loved you all so
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But this is the worst trip I've 
        D  G D
ever been on

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So, hoist up the John B. sail
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See how the main sail sets
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I'm full in my heart and my head 
               A
and I wanna go home
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With a book in each hand
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In the way I had planned
      D                     A     
Well, this is the worst trip I've 
          D
ever been on

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So, hoist up the John B. sail
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See how the main sail sets
    D                    G  D    
I'm full in my heart and my head 
               A
and I wanna go home
                    D    G   D
With a book in each hand
D                G
In the way I had planned
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I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.