Conversation Piece

G D



G                              D  Am
I took this walk to ease my mind
                                 C
To find out what's gnawing at me
                              G
Wouldn't think to look at me
          Am                              Em7 C
that I've spent a lot of time in education
                         G
It all seems so long ago
      Am                    Em7 C
I'm a thinker, not a talker

I've no-one to talk to, anyway

  G             F
I can't see the road
        C           G
for the rain in my eyes
F  C  G
Ahhh ...

        G                    D
I live above the grocers store,
Am                  C
owned by an Austrian
                              G
He often calls me down to eat
       Am                            C
And he jokes about his broken English
                           G
tries to be a friend to me
            Am                               Em7 C
But for all my years of reading conversation,

I stand without a word to say

   G            F
I can't see the bridge
        C          G
for the rain in my eyes
F C G
Ahhh...

(Key Change)
        A                   C#m Bm
And the world is full of life
                               D
Full of folk who don't know me
                                        A
And they walk in twos or threes or more
          Bm                                        F#m7 D
While the light that shines above the grocer's store
                                A
Investigates my face so rudely

        Bm                               F#m7 D
And my essays lying scattered on the floor

Fulfill their needs just by being there

        A              G
And my hands shake, my head hurts,
     D              A
my voice sticks inside my throat
        A         G
I'm invisible and dumb,
    D              A
And no-one will recall me

        A             G
And I can't see the water
        D           Fmaj7   G   A
for the tears in my eyes