Key: E
Introduction:
E E4
Hey Jack Kerouac I think of your mother
G#m7 A2
And the tears she cried She cried for none other
E E4
Than her little boy lost in our little world that hated
G#m7
And that dared to drag him down
A2
Her little boy courageous
A
Who chose his words from mouths of
B
Babes got lost in the woods
A
Hipflask slingin madmen
B
Steamin cafe flirts
A
They all spoke through you
E E4
Hey Jack now for the tricky part
G#m7 A2
When you where the brightest star Who were the shadow
E E4
Of the San Francisco beat boys You were their favorite
G#m7
Now they sit and rattle their bones
A2
And think of their bloodstone days
A
You chose your words from mouths of
B
Babes got lost in the woods
A
The hipflask slining madmen
B
steamin cafe flirts
A
In Chinatown, howling at night
E E4
Allen baby, why so jaded
G#m7 A2
Have the boys all grown up And their music faded
E E4
Billy, what a saint they've made you
G#m7
Just like Mary down in Mexico
A2
On all souls day
A
You chose your words from mouths of
B
Babes lost in the woods
A
Cool junk booting madmen
B
Steet minded girls
A
In Harlem howling at night
A2
What a tear stained
E
shock of the world
D6
You've gone away without sayin
A2 F
Saying goodbye