D A Bm G A  D

Ending of each verse:
Em

Bridge:
Bm G A

Ending of 3rd bridge:
Em  F# G A

Pre-chorus and chorus:
D G D G
D G D G
D G D A
D G D G
D   A D


Intro:
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Verse 1:
D             A
By the second verse, dear friends
   Bm                  G
My head will burst, my life will end
        A
So, I'd like to start this one off by saying
D
"Live and love"

D                  A
I was young and at home in bed
          Bm                   G
And I was hanging on the words some poem said
   A
In '31
      D
I was impressionable

      Em
I was upsettable


Bridge:
           Bm                 G                   A
I tried to make my breathing stop, my heart beat slow
            Bm                  G              A
So, when my mom and John came in, I would be cold


Verse 2:
D                           A      
From a bridge on Washington Avenue,
    Bm        G
The year of 1972
        A                          
Broke my bones and skull,
          D
and it was memorable
       D                       A
It was half a second in; I was halfway down-
       Bm                G                
Do you think I wanted to turn back around 
    A
and teach a class
          D            
Where you kiss the ass
            Em
that I've exposed to you?


Bridge:
           Bm           G       A
And at the funeral, the University
               Bm           G                    A
Cried at three poems they'd present in place of a broken me


Verse 3:
D                   A          
I was breaking in a case of suds
       Bm            G
At the Brass Rail, a fall-down drunk
         A                 
with his tongue torn out
        D
and his balls removed
      D                 A
And I knew that my last lines were gone,
      Bm         G           
while stupidly I lingered on,
        A               
Oh, but wise men know
          D
when it's time to go
       Em
And so I should, too


Bridge:
         Bm           G                A
And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
        Bm               G                     A
Of this frozen town. I'm stripped down to move on,
                Em     F# G A
my friends: I'm gone


Pre-chorus and Chorus:
      D           G    D     G
Well, I hear my father fall
    D           G    D     G
And I hear my mother call
    D           G     D                 A
And I hear the others all whisper "Come home"
             D       G   D
I'm sorry to go
D              G
I loved you all so
    D                     A               D  G D 
But this is the worst trip I've ever been on

    D                 G  D    G
So, hoist up the John B. sail
D                G    D     G
See how the main sail sets
    D                    G  D                   A
I'm full in my heart and my head and I wanna go home
                    D    G   D
With a book in each hand
D                G          
In the way I had planned
      D                     A               D
Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on

    D                 G  D    G
So, hoist up the John B. sail
D                G    D     G
See how the main sail sets
    D                    G  D                   A
I'm full in my heart and my head and I wanna go home
                    D    G   D
With a book in each hand
D                G          
In the way I had planned
  D                A           D
I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.