Roky Erickson

Song To Abe Lincoln

Roky Erickson


Tom: Em

G              D 
We are all so special 
           Em                  B 
some don't realize, others realize it 
C               G 
but we won't forget or miss you 
    D 
we sent you out of the hide. 
G              D 
Trapped in the woods 
                Em                B 
thinking no one knows of your good 
C            G 
hid behind poorness 
D 
rip it off, we see you. 


[Chorus]

        Em                    B
We will seek you out, we will find you 
        C                    G 
we will stand completely behind you 
    C                       G 
you may have been poor, Abe Lincoln 
             D                  G 
but you're a genius to the White House. 


[Verse 2]

G             D         Em            B 
Hidden in the dust of never having been 
C              G 
we can pick it up 
          D 
save you from unrecognized sin. 
G             D      Em            B 
Buried in the dust, buried in old books 
C               G          D 
buried in old clothes, buried in dirty looks. 


[Chorus]

         Em                    B 
We will seek you out, we will find you 
         C                  G 
we will stand completely behind you 
    C                       G 
you may have been poor, Abe Lincoln 
             D               G 
but you're a genius to the White House. 


[Bridge]

B 
Never will you reach out 
    Em                B 
to find nothing there 
B 
frowning thought never to be found 
A                 D 
of you we are aware. 


[Verse 3]

G                 D 
Hidden in a log cabin 
Em             B 
that's how we all are 
   C            G 
until someone loves you   
D 
you're missed be clinked once behind bars. 
G                      D 
Something more calls you 
     Em                B 
to sense something unsensible 
           C             G 
yet so sensible so sensible  
            D 
'neath a special stone unturned, unfencible. 


[Chorus]

        Em                    B
We will seek you out, we will find you 
        C                    G 
we will stand completely behind you 
    C                       G 
you may have been poor, Abe Lincoln 
             D              G 
but you're a genius to the White House.