Socrates Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G]
[D]

[Verse 1]
I was in a country band [G]in the
[D]1970s
One night we had a [Bm]flat on the van,
on the [A]way out to [G]Tennessee
[D]Asked an old mechanic,
name of John[G]son, for some air
And [A]everybody called
[G]him "Socrates"
[D][G]

[Verse 2]
[D]"Hey, what's goin' on?"
"Not much of nothin',
[G]how 'bout you?"
[D]And that's the way [Bm]it's done
in our hometown
[A]He [G]could talk a[D] stream of nonsense,
just as [G]pretty as you please
And [A]everybody [G]called [D]him "Socrates"

[Verse 3]
He said, [G]"Fame and fortune are eas[D]ily confused,
as [G]are luck and destiny
Are you [D]bein' loved, boys,
or [Bm]bein' used? Runnin' [A]wild or bein' free?"
[G]He said, "The [D]answers to [Dsus4]your question[D]s
are more [G]questions such as these"
And [A]everybody [G]called him "Socrates"
[D]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
[D]I got to know him well,
I even [G]worked with him a while
[D]He had an old guitar[Bm] we'd pass
[A]around once in [G]a while
[D]I never will forget the last
few [G]words he said to me
[A]When I finally qui[G]t old Soc[D]rates

[Verse 5]
"Do you [D]know [G]what you are
[Em]capable of know[A]ing?
Do your hands, [D]son,
[G]ever touch the[Em] soil?[A]
And do you [D]love [G]all that you
are [Em]capable of lov[A]in'?
And do you [Bm]want [A]me to
check that [G]oil?"
[A]Everybody called
[G]him "Socrates"
[D]

[Verse 6]
[G]
Yeah, the [D]Christians found him crazy
And the [G]derelicts agreed
But [A]everybody [G]called him
[A]Everybody cal[G]led him
[A]Everybody cal[G]led[D][G][D]
[G]him[D]
[G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G]
[D][G]
[D]"Socrates"

[Outro 1]
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