Augie March - Just passing through

^G At ten o'clock is when I ^Emrise from my grave ^G And cast my eyes over the ^Emideas that I couldn't save ^G Become regret and break ^Emupon me now wave after wave ^C Bid me remember ^Amwhat I ^Emdone

^G A strange appeal is in the ^Emmagazine zodiac ^G What inspiration are the ^Emwomen of the dog track ^G Now there's a wheel and there's a ^Emwell and there's a big rack ^C The perfumed killers ^Amfrom the ^Emnorth ^C Collect each Satur^Amday to ^Embrood and sally forth

^C I don't know enough to ^Emknow not to show it Or ^Ctell it like I know more ^{Em C} I'm sorry, baby, but your ^Emroving poet's Just a ^Cbank balance ^Amtrouba^Emdour Who ^Ccan't sing the song ^Amany^Emmore

^G At ten o'clock is when you ^Emopen up your apple eyes ^G And drink a cup into the ^Emone of earth the other skies ^G And out your mouth a tiny ^Emburst of tiny baby cries ^C Oh where, oh where, oh ^Amwhere did ^Emyou get into to?

^G A strange appeal unto a ^Empocket where a body lay ^G I saw a dream of such a ^Emcouple only yesterday ^G When the one did leave the ^Emother went to war Enola Gay ^C She had a halo, ^Amwas a ^Emheroine ^C She had a halo, ^Amwas a ^Emheroine

^C Well, I know I'm not ^Emloathe to show it ^C I smile like a bandsaw ^{Em C} I'm sorry, darling, but your ^Emroving poet's Just a ^Cfootloose ^Amman-^Emwhore Who ^Ccan't talk the talk ^Amany^Emmore

^C We're just passing ^Emthrough ^C Just passing ^Emthrough

^G At ten o'clock is when I ^Emrise from my grave ^G And cast my eyes over the ^Emideas that I couldn't save ^G Become regret and break ^Emupon me now wave after wave ^C Bid me remember ^Amwhat I ^Emdone

When ^Gtime doesn't tear you pay a ^Emfee to make it rip The ^Gditch witch, the back hoe, the ^Embobcat, the tip ^GSoil from the hillock spilling ^Emover on that solemn lip ^C It covers up the ^Amcedar ^Emmirror Do you ^Cever see your weakness ^Amany ^Emclearer?

^C We were winding up the ^Emroad to the site With the ^Cwindows down and the ^Emcigarettes alight ^CSinging some rubbish about, &^Emquot;My soul's alright" ^C I didn't know what ^AmI could ^Emdo [repeat x2] It's just ^Cyou and I, some other ^Amguy, for^Emever passing through.

^C We're just passing ^Emthrough (Like a gall stone) ^C Just passing ^Emthrough (Like a rat through a snake) ^C Just passing ^Emthrough (Little rubbish through a rake) ^C Just passing ^Emthrough