Artist: | Shawn Mullins (English) |
User: | Per |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 20 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
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I met him on the cliffs
of twin rocks, Oregon
he was sittin’ on his bedroll
lookin’ just like Richard Brautigan
I thought he was an old man,
he wasn't but 37
he said he'd been ridin’ trains
for 15 years
drawin’ portraits
to keep his belly full of beer
and it looked to me like he'd died
and missed the plane to heaven
but he was a nice ol’ guy
for a younger man
he had a bottle of mad dog
he held in his hand
that he waved around a lot
to make his point
and I listened as he told his tales
of wine and women and county jails
and we finished off that bottle
and smoked a half a joint
D G
he said "I came here to watch the sun
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disappear into the ocean
Bm A
it's been years
G
since I smelled this salty sea"
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he turned his bottle up and down
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and I saw him lost
Bm A
and I saw him found
G
he said "I don't know what I've been lookin’ for,
maybe me..."
Well, I told him I too had been travelin’ around
livin’ out of my van from town to town
playin’ for tips and whatever
records I could move
I said "I don't reckon I’ll be makin’ it big,
it's hard to get rich off a tour of coffee house gigs"
and he said "yeah, but ain’t it a blessin’ to
do what you wanna do..."
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n’ I told him "yeah, I pulled off here to watch the sun
D G
disappear into the ocean
Bm A
`cause it's been years
G
since I smelled this salty sea"
D G
and he turned his bottle up and down
D G
he saw me lost and he saw me found
Bm A G
and I said "I don't know what I've been looking for,
..maybe me"
¤ ~’
I said "it's getting kind of late
better be heading down the interstate
can I give you a lift
to San Francisco bay?"
He said "nope, I think I'm just
going to sit here and rest
and maybe wait on the
Tokyo - Montana express
I might just lay here
and dream my life away
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I'm going to sit right here, I'm going to watch the sun
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disappear into the ocean
Bm A G
`cause it's been years, it's been years
D G
I'm gonna turn my bottle up and down
D
you can see me lost
G
and you can see me found"
Bm A G
I met him on the cliffs
of twin rocks, Oregon
he was sitting on his bedroll
looking just like Richard Brautigan
just like him…