Tom: D
Verse:
D/F# D/G D/A G A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
E|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------4--|-------------------------------|
D|----0------0------0-----5--|----7-----5-----0-----0-----0--| x2
A|--9-----10-----12----------|----7-----5---9-----7-----9----|
E|----------------------3----|--9-----7----------------------|
Chorus:
G A D/F# G5 A5 Bm9 Bm7 G A D/F# D/E D/F#
E|-------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-------------|-------------|----------6-----7--|--4----6---------------------|
D|----0-----0--|----4-----5--|----7-----7-----7--|--5----7------0-----0-----0--|
A|----2----/4--|----5-----5--|----7--------------|--x----x----9-----7-----9----|
E|--3----/5----|--2-----3----|--5-----7-----7----|--3----5---------------------|
[Verse 1]
D/F# D/G D/A G
You'll recall from the sagas I hope Grettir's last stand at Drangey
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
How his grip on the sword made his enemies cut off his hand
D/F# D/G D/A G
If he'd fled here instead and had tasted this terrible coffee
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
Or read these letters you sent, he'd surrender and lay the blade down
[Chorus 1]
G A
And it's Halloween
D/F# G5
Skinny ghosts dress like cowboys and rest
A5 Bm9
At the railing by my door
G A D/F# D/E D/F#
On their way from the children's ward
[Verse 2]
D/F# D/G D/A G
Bev Monroe and his Pembina Valley boys play at the party
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
And I practice my English on nurses, "Oh, that's a nice name"
D/F# D/G D/A G
And they may ask for mine, but the burns on my back from the x-rays
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
Say I shouldn't show anyone anything ever again
[Chorus 2]
G A
In another year
D/F# G5
I'll be buried or shivering here
A5 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
Coughing at that grey spittoon
G A D/F# D/E D/F#
Painted orange by the harvest moon
[Interlude]
D/F# D/G D/A G
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
[Chorus 3]
G A
Pack up mother's clothes
D/F# G5
Drive her down to the new Betel Home
A5 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
Sell the boat to Arnison
D/E G A Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
And then go, stand up straight in the place you're longing for
G A D/F# D/E D/F#
And don't write to me anymore
