John Allyn Smith Sails Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[A]By [D]the second ver[A]se, dear friends
My [Bm]head will burst, my [G]life will end
So I'd [A]like to start this
one off [D]by saying
Live and love

[Verse 2]
I was [D]young and at home [A]in bed
And I was [Bm]hanging on the words
some [G]poem said
And thirty-one
[A]I I was impressio[D]nable,
[Em]I was upsettable
I tried to [G]make my

[Verse 3]
[Bm]brea[G]thing stop,
my heart beat [A]slow
So when [Bm]my mom and John
[G]came in I would be [A]cold

[Verse 4]
[A]
From [D]a bridge on Washington [A]Avenue
The [Bm]year [G]of 1972
Broke [A]my bones and skull
And [D]it was memorable

[Verse 5]
It was half a second [D]and I
[A]was halfway down
Do you [Bm]think I wanted to turn
[G]back around
And teach [A]a class
Where [D]you kiss the ass
that I've ex[Em]posed to you

[Verse 6]
And at [Bm]the funeral the [G]university
[A]Cried at three poe[Bm]ms they'd
[G]present in place of [A]a broken me

[Verse 7]
I was [D]breaking in a [A]case of suds
[Bm]At the brass rail, a fall-[G]down drunk
drunk
With [A]his tongue torn out
And [D]his balls removed

[Verse 8]
And I knew [D]that my last
[A]lines were gone
While stu[Bm]pidly I [G]lingered on
Other [A]wise men know
When [D]it's time to go and
so [Em]I should too

[Verse 9]
And so I [Bm]fly into the bright
[G]est winter sun[A]
Of this [Bm]frozen town
I'm [G]stripped down to move [A]on
My friends, I'm gone
[Em][G]

[Verse 10]
[A]
Well, [D]I hear my father fall
[G]and I h[D]ear my mother call
[G]And I h[D]ear the others [G]all [D]whispering,
come [A]home
I'm sorry to go,
[D]I l[G]ove[D]d you all so[G][D][G]
But [D]this is the worst [A]trip
I've ever been on
[D][G]

[Verse 11]
[D]
So hoist up the John [G]B. [D]sail
(Hoist up the John [G]B. sail)
[D]See how the main [G]sail [D]sets
(See how the main sail sets)
[G]I've fol

[Verse 12]
[D]ded my heart in my head
And I wanna go [A]home
With a book in my [D]hand[G]
[D]In the way I had pla[G]nned
Well, [D]this is the worst [A]trip
I've ever been on
[D]

[Verse 13]
Hoist up the John [G]B. [D]sail
(Hoist up the John [G]B. sail)
[D]See how the main sail sets
(See how the main sail sets)
[G]I've

[Verse 14]
[D]folded my heart in my head
And I wanna go [A]home
With a book in each [D]hand
(With a book in each [G]hand)
[D]In the way I [G]had planned
(In the [D]way I had planned)

[Verse 15]
I feel so broke [A]up
I wanna go [D]home