Augie March - Awol

^GmThree dozen cycl^Fes, give o^Dmr take a sum, ^{C Am}The sum of that exper^Bbience - how to ke^Gmep running. ^C O I ^Fknow justi^Dmce, it's a birt^Gmhright if you're born ri^Cght, and I^F know how handsome^Dm is that trick of the l^Gmight, ^{C C}So don't be mista^Fken in thinking ^BbI'll do right ^{Gm C}given the chance ^Fto do wrong ag^Bbain and a^Cgain. ^{Bb C}

^GmSummer rom^Feos casing t^Dmhe park, ^C by the uni^Amform urina^Bbls of love's^Gm rural provin^Cce. O do^Fn't you know time, wit^Dmh its petty vial^Gm of sands, ^C insc^Frutable face^Dm and merci^Gmless hands?^C And do^Cn't you know love? ^F It's a w^Bbhirlwind of feath^Gmers, ^Ctickles you to your nether^Fs and leaves a terrain of desp^Bbair… ^Gm

And I k^Gmnow when grief goes^F unchecked, ^{Dm C} There's a kind^Am of relief in^Bb the wreckage^Gm for the wrecked?^C??

^GmWeren't you alo^Fne last ^Dmtime I saw yo^Cu? ^AmHow do you keep running^Bb from the world and the^Gm war? ^C O I ^Fknow young fathers ^Dmwho once were l^Bbike soldiers, ^{C F}AWOL in flung places ^Dm or without^Bb standing orders^C, ^CAlarming approach^Fes to time ^Bb and^Gm it's killing, ^C no vi^Fctimless crime^Bb again a^Cnd again, Aga^Bbin and a^Cgain

^GmMonday ni^Fght, Good^Dmies and The Doctor, ^{C Am}Now that bath time's over, t^Bbime fo^Gmr pyjamas^C. ^FO I know self pity,^Dm it begins ^Bbwith nostalgia, ^C and you'll die ^Fof melancholy if ^Dmthe dolor don^Bb't get ya, ^C And I k^Cnow a poem o^Fn a wall next to^Bb a picture ^Gm of a di^Cck and a fanny^F, by a smear of r^Bbegret. ^C

And it sin^Gmgs of its own^F long demise, ^{Dm Am} somethin^Amg about imperium, ^Bb and a new^Gm sun will rise, ^C and "O^F please don't go ^Dmwith those horribl^Bbe guys, ^Cthey only^Gm want one th^Aming." ^{Bb G} O pl^Fease don't go wit^Dmh those horrible ^Bbguys, they^C only w^Cant one thing,^{F Bb C}Again and again^Bb. ^{C Bb C Gm}