E  A  E


[Verse 1]
A
Cats hissing in the dark
C#m
Turned-over garbage cans around the park
D                                  G
The dangling, brittle scab on your knee
F#m               B7
Oh, you’re pretty cocksure, son
F#m                     B7
You’re like a Villonian singing nun
F#m                B7            E
Pray you wash your hair out in a sink


[Verse 2]
A
Armed with a mandolin
C#m
A snotted rag and a Delphic hymn
D                             G
Shaking off the dew before it sticks
F#m           B7
Oh, give us a melody
F#m                      B7
Before they send us back to the sea
F#m                  B7                 E
Replace these wooden legs for ones that kick
A  E


[Chorus]
A    E
Oh,  Jonesy
A   D      E
Oh, Jonesy Boy
A    E
Oh,  Jonesy
A   D      E
Oh, Jonesy Boy
A  E


[Verse 3]
A
I can’t remember before
C#m
There ever was war
D                        G
My boyhood home is now a jail
F#m                 B7
They paved over the ol’ creek
F#m                B7
To make a road for lumbering teak
F#m                B7        E
And shipped off my family by rail


[Verse 4]

A
Oh, I hope you stay a boy
C#m
At least to bring some old men joy
D                                G
Even just to watch you tune your strings
F#m                 B7
They’re blowing the show or now
F#m          B7
Off to stick another sow
F#m                B7        E
The soil is hungry again for offerings
A  E


[Chorus]
A    E
Oh,  Jonesy
A   D      E
Oh, Jonesy Boy
A    E
Oh,  Jonesy
A   D      E
Oh, Jonesy Boy
A  E


[Solo]
A  C#m
D  G
F#m  B7
F#m  B7
F#m  B7  E
A  E


[Chorus]
A    E
Oh,  Jonesy
A   D      E
Oh, Jonesy Boy
A    E
Oh,  Jonesy
A   D      E
Oh, Jonesy Boy
A    E
Oh,  Jonesy
A   D      E
Oh, Jonesy BOY!
A    E
Oh,  Jonesy
A   D      E
Oh, Jonesy BOYYYY!