[Intro] G  C  D
        Em  D  Em  G

G
It’s a long way home
   C
He couldn’t see too well
    D                 Em
His left eye was shot out in the war
        D
And the other one was getting
   Em
So tired of watching
Bm
 All of the time
            Bm                    C
It’s hard enough keep awake and alive
             G
On this cold day
   G
As far as he knows
          C
It’s gonna take four days
        D                       Em
For the man to catch up with the mile
            D
And there’s nothing that
               Em
Could ever be smiling
           Bm               C
Quite like death at the door
   Bm                             C
He never thought that he would be poor
            G
Like that again
Am     D
   Oooh
        Em
He had a day dream
      Em
And a real need for a cigarette
Am     D
   Oooh
              G
The birds are falling
            B
And it will dark soon
      C             D              Em
So he told his boots... to carry on

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     G
On a granite stone
          C
He didn’t sleep too well
           D
He had her name at the edge
       Em
Of his tongue
       D
He made love to this memory
    Em              G
It stung him in the dark
G                  C
Morning came and it ate his heart
        D                     Em
And the sun shot holes in his mind
          D
Oh but the thunder
              Em
Of the river behind him
              B               C
It brought him up to his knees
       Bm                        C
And he prayed hard enough to say please
           G
Against his odds
Am     D
   Oooh
        Em
He had a day dream
     Em
And a real need for a cigarette
Am     D
   Oooh
           G
The moon is calling
               B
And it will be dark soon
      C             D            Em
So he told his boots... To carry on