Standard (EADGBE)

Mama was calling, but I couldn't answer

I had a dog in the car, had a dog in my hands

I was walking with these worn-out shoes

I tripped over Charlie and I hit the grass

I was coming up running, I was coming up fast

 But he beat me, just a-howling at the door

Oh Sally, don't get down

 'Cause I been looking all over town

 For a brand new set of wings for you

 For a brand new set of wings for you

 Well I'm back in the house, bang my head on a wall

 Yeah and Charlie's still laughing about watching me fall

 I say "Charlie, now what's the big idea?"

 I'm back in my room just packing my bags

 And I'm thinking November, about the time we've had

 Just walking out by a stone wall

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 I'm gonna get a ticket, gonna get on a plane

 Tell that pilot, take me so far away

 So I can call you up, say I miss you like a fool

 Yeah but you don't put me down, you don't treat me bad

 Say you understand about this problem I have

 Well sometimes, I know you still wonder

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 Yeah got held up in Paris, caught smoking on a train

 If you ain't got your papers gonna get you detained

 Don't believe me I've got the photographs to prove it

 You should've seen the look on the old man's face

 When the police threatened to haul him away

 You know he was scared, but it was also kind of funny

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 Yeah well I can't sleep at night, can't awake in the day

 And we got these guitars, got so much to say

 But no time, no energy to say it

 Yeah when you still walk in the park there ain't nobody there

 There's a calm in the trees there's a cool in the air

 And it's boring, but I found it kind of soothing

 Yeah in a couple of months when the leaves turn green

 When the seasons change, when the bird sings

 Gonna grab you up, gonna take you here for good

 Yes and we'll walk by the river most every single day

 And we'll eat our dinner where the tourists play

 You know the city's old but it never seems to get tired

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