====== John Allyn Smith Sails ======

FYI: Will Sheff plays this song with a capo on 2 in concert. So you might want to edit the capo setting on the right side of this page.


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[E]By the second [B]verse, dear friends, my [C#m]head will burst and my [A]life will end,
so I'd [B]like to start this one off by saying [E]"live! and love!"
[E]I was young and at [B]home in bed, [C#m]hanging on the words some [A]poem said
in [B]'31; I was im[E]pressionable.
I was up[F#m]settable.

>I tried to [C#m]make my breathing [A]stop or my heart beat [B]slow,
>so when my [C#m]mom and John came [A]in I would be [B]cold.

?From a [E]bridge on Washington [B]Avenue, the [C#m]year of 19[A]72
?broke my [B]bones and skull, and it was [E]memorable.
?It was [E]half a second in; I was [B]half-way down -- do you [C#m]think I wanted to [A]turn back around
?and [B]teach a class Where you [E]kiss the ass
?that I've ex[F#m]posed to you?

?>And at the [C#m]funeral, the [A]Universi[B]ty
?>cried at three [C#m]poems they'd pre[A]sent in place of a [B]broken me.

?I was [E]breaking in a [B]case of suds at the [C#m]Brass Rail, a [A]fall-down drunk
?with his [B]tongue torn out and his [E]balls removed.
?And I [E]knew that my last [B]lines were gone, while, [C#m]stupidly, I [A]lingered on.
?Oh, but [B]wise men know when it's [E]time to go,
?And so [F#m]I should too.

?>And so I [C#m]fly into the [A]brightest winter [B]sun
?>of this [C#m]frozen town. I'm [A]stripped down to move [B]on,
>my friends: I'm [F#m (2nd fret)]gone.

[E (1st)]I hear my father fall,
and [E]I hear my mother call,
and [E]I hear the others all whispering, "Come [B]home".
I'm [E]sorry to go.
I loved you all [A]so,
but [E]this is the worst trip [B] I've ever been [E]on.

?So [E]hoist up the John B. sail. (Hoist up the John B. sail)
?[E]See how the main sail sets. (See how the main sail sets)
?I'm [E]full in my heart and my head and I want to go [B]home,
?with a book in my [E]hand, in the way I had [A]planned.
?Well, [E]this is the worst trip [B] I've ever been [E]on.

?[E]Hoist up the John B. sail. (Hoist up the John B. sail)
?[E]See how the main sail sets. (See how the main sail sets)
?I'm [E]full in my heart and my head and I wanna go [B]home,
?with a book in each [E]hand, (With a book in each hand)
?in the way I had [A]planned. (In the way I had planned)
?I [E]feel so broke up, [B] I wanna go [E]home.

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