10,000 Maniacs - Hey jack kerouac

^DHey Jack Kerouac, I think of your ^Dsus4mother and the ^Dtears she cried, they were cried for none ^Dsus4other than her ^Dlittle boy lost in a little world that ^Dsus4hated and that ^Ddared to drag him down, her little boy cour^Gageous who chose his words from mouths of ^Ababes got lost in the wood ^GHip flask slinging madman, ^Asteaming cafe flirts ^Gthey all spoke through you.

^DHey Jack, now for the tricky ^Dsus4part, when ^Dyou were the brightest star, who were the ^Dsus4shadows? Of the ^DSan Francisco beat boys you were the ^Dsus4favorite. Now they ^F#m7sit and rattle their bones and think of their ^Gblood stoned days. You chose your words from mouths of ^Ababes got lost in the wood The ^Ghip flask slinging madman, ^Asteaming cafe flirts, ^Gin Chinatown ^Dhowling at night.

^DAllen baby, why so ^Dsus4jaded? Have the ^Dboys all grown up and their beauty ^Dsus4faded? ^DBilly, what a saint they've ^Dsus4made you, just like ^F#m7Mary down in Mexico on ^GAll Souls' Day. You chose your words from mouths of ^Ababes got lost in the wood ^GCool junk booting madmen, ^Astreet minded girls ^Gin Harlem, ^Dhowling at night.

What a t^Gear stained ^Dshock of the world, you've gone aw^Gay babe, without sayin’, say^Aing good^Dbye.