Key: A
Introduction:
E
There's a blue rocking chair
A
sittin in the sand
E
weathered by the storms
B7
and well oiled hands
E
It sways back and forth
A
with the help of the winds
F#m
it seems to always be there
B7
like an old trusty friend
A
I've read a lot of books
B7
wrote a few songs
E
looked at my life
E
where it's goin', where it's gone
A B7
I've seen the world through a bus windshield
A
but nothing compares to the way that I see it
B7
to the way that I see it
A B7
to the way that I see it when i sit
E A B7 E
in that ol' blue chair
E
From that chair I've caught
A
a few fish and some rays
E
and I've watched boats sail
B7
in and out of cinnamon bay
E
I've let go of a lover
A
who took a piece of my heart
F#m
and prayed many times for forgiveness
B7
and a brand-new start
A
I've read a lot of books
B7
wrote a few songs
E
looked at my life
E
where it's goin', where it's gone
A B7
I've seen the world through a bus windshield
A
but nothing compares to the way that I see it
B7
to the way that I see it
A B7
to the way that I see it when i sit
(NC) E
A
That chair was my bed one new years night
E
when i passed out from too much Malibu and died
A
and I woke to a hundred mosquito bites
B7
I swear
A B7
got 'em all sittin' right there
(NC) E A
E
There's a blue rockin' chair
A
sittin in the sand
B7 A
weathered by the storms and
E A B7 E
well oiled hands