Key: C
Introduction:
G F/9 G F/9
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C G F
The whippoorwills were crying in the falling rain
C G F
Far away a whistle hailed a passing train
Am G F G
Out in the country summer was almost gone
Am Em F G
The fields were turning rusty and the hills were turning brown
C G F
Now I think of you when summer stars are on the rise
C G F
I think of you with a bottle of wine and lazy eyes
Am G F G
Playing rock and roll songs on an old guitar
Am Em F G
Getting drunk and sleeping out in my backyard
F G C- G/B Am- G
Now sometimes I just lie awake and I hear the wind
F G C- G/B Am- G
Blowing through the seasons of my heart again
F G Am F
My dreams are mostly lost and found on other streets, in other towns
F G C G F C G F
But babe, you know, I still look out for you
The cars were all abandoned on the city streets
C G F
Other boys I knew were just like shiny dimes
Tossed and spent, they came and went a hundred times
F/9 C/9
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]