<i>Intro:</i> ^ v ^ v ||-----3--3---------3--3----|| ||-----0--0---------0--0----|| ||o----0--0---------0--0---o|| ||o----0--0---0h2---2--0---o|| ||------------|| ||--3------------|| INTRO Recitation (over riff above): "I started out writin’ this song about . . . insert own music gods!" Notes: * each chord name below = one entire "bum-chicky-bum-chicky"; * (...sus4) = add sus4 to 2nd half of measure) * letters in are bass notes than can optionally be incorporated into guitar accompaniment verse 1: add sus4 to 2nd half of measures at will See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans Wearin’ yesterday’s misfortunes like a smile-- Once he had a future full of money love and dreams (...sus4) Which he spent like they was goin’ outa style-- And he keeps right on a’changin’ for the better or the worse Searchin’ for a shrine he’s never found-- Never knowin’ if believin’ is a blessin’ or a curse Or if the goin’ up was worth the comin’ down-- = He’s a poet he’s a picker-- He’s a prophet he’s a pusher-- He’s a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he’s stoned-- He’s a walkin’ contradiction partly truth and partly fiction Takin’ ev’ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home. modulate whole-step up: (...sus4) (...sus4) verse 2: add sus4 to 2nd half of A measures at will He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars And he’s traded in tomorrow for today-- Runnin’ from his devils Lord and reachin’ for the stars And losin’ all he’s loved along the way-- But if this world keeps right on turnin’ for the better or the worse And all he ever gets is older and around-- From the rockin’ of the cradle to the rollin’ of the hearse (or ) The goin’ up was worth the comin’ down-- He’s a poet he’s a picker-- He’s a prophet he’s a pusher-- He’s a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he’s stoned-- He’s a walkin’ contradiction partly truth and partly fiction / Takin’ ev’ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home. :coda riff There’s a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home. CODA Riff: 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 hold |------------|------------/2-----------|| |------------|------------/2-----------|| |------------|-----2------------/2-----------|| |------------2---4---2------|------------/2-----------|| |--0----2---3---4------------|------------0========0-----------|| |------------|------------|| home.