Chords
My Pledge

                     G                                                                    F  
If it please the court I've had a lot to say
                          C                                              G  
And it's not always been true
     G                                                              F  
Standing here before you, judge
                     C                                                      G  
I make my pledge of truth to you
verse 2
             G                                                 F  
The waves came over the bowsprit
                                C                                                                      G  
The decks awash with running green and foam
  G                                                                            F  
Back there at the wheel I was terrified
                C                                                 G  
Next day we first saw home
verse 3
          G                                                                    F  
My relatives came over on the Mayflower
  C                                                              G  
Landed on the shore almost alone
  G                                                         F  
No that damn traffic today is terrible
                             C                                                                 G  
And everywhere I look I see people alone
verse 4
     G                                                                      F  
Alone with their heads looking in their hands
  C                                                              G  
Lost in the conversation stare
  G                                                                              F  
Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
                  C                                                                      G  
Talking like they were really there
Instrumental
G    F    C    G  
Verse 5
             G                                                                 F  
I'm lost in this new generation
                             C                            G  
Left me behind it seems
  G                                                                                 F  
Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
                        C                                                      G  
"Purple Haze", sounding like TV
Verse 6
          G                                                              F  
I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
  C                                                            G  
Both asleep and dead it may seem
          G                                                                            F  
He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
          C                                                                      G  
I stood there staring in a dream
Verse 7
             G                                                    F  
She came along in her uniform
                  C                                                                         G  
Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
     G                                                                            F  
Dressed in white like a nightingale

                                        C                                                              G  
Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
             G                                         F                      C    G  
(I knew I'd seen her somewhere)
Verse 8
          G                                                              F  
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
                                  C                                         G  
But she was busy with him gone
             G                                                                                    F  
She came with three different brothers
C                                                            G  
Abraham, Martin and John
Verse 9
        G                                                                    F  
I heard a song about that once
                                                  C                         G  
And I never knew what it meant
                     G                                                              F  
Three stars died in a plane one night
                          C                                                                            G  
Rock and Roll, the message that was sent
verse 10
        G                                                                      F  
I couldn't wrap my head around it
                                                        C         G  
Didn't know what it meant
     G                                                              F  
Standing there on that sandy beach
  C                                                              G  
Watching it turn to cement
verse 11
  G                                                            F  
Now I don't see all the colors
                                  C                                                            G  
And I might miss some of their beauty
                  G                                         F  
But I do see what I see
                  C                                         G  
And I want to do my duty
verse 12
        G                                                                 F  
Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store
                C                                                    G  
They had a recruiting booth
        G                                                    F  
I covered my heart and raised my hand
                C                                                 G  
And swore it was the truth
Outro
G                                         F    C    G  
  That's my pledge
                                  G      F  
  That's my pledge
C                                                            G  
  That's my pledge, judge
G    F    C  
G  
  That's my pledge
G    F    C    G