John Appleseed's Lament Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
I [G]stepped out the front
door into [C]winter and the world outside
[G]I s[C]tep[G]ped o[C]ut the
door to New York City
My hair was barely [G]dry[C]
[B]I could not remember where I was going
[A]So I went back inside
[G][C][G]

[Verse 2]
Nothing's happening in the elevator
[C]Nothing happening on the stairs[G]
Noth[C]ing ever happens
when I am sleeping
So I cannot stay [G]there[C][G]
[C]How do [B]you find the parties
when you're in [C]your room?
How [A]do you find the action?
Man, the action is [Am]every[A]where
[G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]If [C]you decide to [G]climb
outside your bedroom window
[C]Paint a picture on a c[G]loud[C]
If you decide that you can't hide inside
Your [F]mind provides a [C]slide
to get [G]you [C]out
It feels [B]just like you're falling
when you're go[C]ing down
But [Am]everybody loves you when you hit
[C]the ground
[G][C][G][C][G][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]
I say a [C]prayer, I [G]say a prayer,
I say a prayer to Pocahontas
[C]I pray to John Applesee[G]d
[C]Oh, I c[G]igare[C]tte the winter air
And then I Fred Astaire my way
down [G]7th Street[C][G]
Some chick [A]yells "Je[B]sus
loves me more than I know
[A]But less than I nee[C]d"
[G]

[Verse 5]
I parade down The Bowery
to The Bat[C]tery
And then I step off into the [G]air
[C]Point my sunglasses east
toward Jerusalem
And then follow all the Pharaohs
[G]the[Am]re
[B]They're building pyramids
in [C]Leicester Square
[A]Driving in circles round the Circus til
the circle's in the air
[G][C]

[Verse 6]
[G]
My love says "Come on Adam
Tell me what [C]the hell is
wrong with [G]you"
[C]She says "Come on Adam
What the hell am I supposed
to [G]do?"[C][G]
[C]She says "I could love [B]you,
I could leave you
But I can't [A]live w what you

[Verse 7]
put me through"
[C]I[G][C][G][C][G][C]
[G]cal[C]l t[G]he wind
Maria because [C]I do not know her f[G]ace[C][G]
[C]I call the endless sky Amelia
Because she stays with me
from place to place
[G]I c[C]all[G] th[C]e sun my[F]
[C]love Emmanuelle
Because she cradled me
in her [G]em [C]brace[G]
[C]

[Verse 8]
[G]Nothing happening
in the kit[C]chen
Nothing happening on [G]the floor[C]
Nothing happening in my bed
But she don't sleep there
no [G]more[C][G][C]
How [B]do you find the bottom
when you're in [C]the air?
[A]How do you find the circus?

[Outro 1]
Man, the circus is everywhere
[G][C][G][C][G][C][G]
[C][G][C][G][C][G][C]
[G]